Reporting overview

If you are a Commonwealth Public Sector employer, refer to our Public Sector Reporting Guide.   

Private sector Gender Equality Reporting (Private Sector Reporting) includes privately owned, and publicly listed organisations that are:

• registered higher education providers
• a natural person, or a body or association (whether incorporated or not)
• sole traders
• partnerships
• proprietary limited (Pty Ltd) companies
• trusts

Organisations that meet the definition of relevant employer must lodge an annual Gender Equality Report to WGEA.

If your organisation meets the eligibility requirement and has not previously reported to WGEA, you must register to report.

For further information on eligibility, refer to Reporting eligibility

For further information on registering, refer to Register to report.

Registered relevant employers are enrolled in a Gender Equality Reporting program and must lodge data about their organisation to WGEA annually.
 

The Gender Equality Report consist of:

• an online questionnaire related to your organisation’s policies, strategies, and actions on gender equality
• two Excel worksheets designed to collect information about workforce composition, salaries and remuneration, and employee appointments, promotions, resignations, and parental leave.

Reports are lodged in the WGEA Employer Portal during the two-month lodgement period: 1 April to 31 May. 

For information about the compliance requirements under the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 (the Act), including WGEA’s Compliance Strategy, refer to Compliance Overview.

Refer to Reporting Dates for a full list of reporting dates and events to help you manage the reporting process.

To help employers prepare and lodge their reports, refer to Preparing to Report.

Complete the following sections of your report within the WGEA Employer Portal:

1. Confirm organisation details
2. Questionnaire
3. Workplace Profile (WPP)
4. Workforce Management Statistics (WMS)
5. Resolve any data anomalies found in steps 2 - 4.
6. Generate the following final reports for CEO (or equivalent) sign-off:

      Employers will be provided with two PDF reports to use for review and approval: 

• Public Report - Questionnaire: this document displays your responses and answers from the Questionnaire.
• Public Report - Employee Data Tables: this document displays the data tables covering the composition of your workforce and employee movements from the WPP and WMS.

      For corporate groups, the employee data tables will contain data for each employing ABN (subsidiary) reported.

     7. Complete the declarations and consents section and lodge your report.