Registration (for first-time reporters)

Eligible Commonwealth public sector employers can register with WGEA when visiting the online Portal for the first time, by following the below steps.

1. Visit the WGEA Portal and select ‘Register’.
2. All Commonwealth public sector employers should select ‘I am a standalone organisation’.
3. Complete the registration form.

To register, an employer will need to provide the following information:

1. ABN details
2. Name and contact details of the reporting primary contact
3. Name and contact details of the CEO or Agency/Department head (or equivalent)
4. Postal and physical address
5. Employee count
6. Not for profit status
7. Whether you have a hybrid workforce of APS and non-APS staff

If you are already registered, from a previous year, you do not need to register, again. Simply login to the Portal, instead.

WGEA has worked with the Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) to facilitate sharing of workforce data already collected, with an employer’s permission.

The data that can be provided to WGEA by the APSC on an employer’s behalf includes:

• all the data collected through the Workplace Profile
• the data collection through questions 1-4 of the Workforce Management Statistics

All employers must still complete the below, themselves:

• questions 5-7 of the Workforce Management Statistics and
• the full questionnaire.

To initiate the data transfer process, on the registration form, select:

1. ‘Yes’ to the question ‘Are you a public sector organisation?’.
    
   
2. 'Yes’ to the question ‘Will you be providing data via APSC data transfer for the Workplace Profile?’.
    
   
3. ‘Yes’ to the question ‘Will you be providing some data via APSC data transfer for the Workforce Management Statistic?’.
   

A public sector employer’s submission will show as being 'complete' when the data transfer has taken place.

Please note that WGEA does not prepare or directly handle an employer’s transferred data. For any issues or inconsistencies with the transferred data, please reach out to the APSC.

The WGEA Portal has direct integration with the Australian Business Register (ABR) which means that an organisation's ABN data will be pulled directly from ABR records. Some fields are then auto populated into the registration form.

If changes are required, such as to the address information, please lodge a support request from within the Portal or via email.

ABN and legal name details are unable to be edited—if changes occur to this information, please lodge a support request to change company structure or legal information.

After the application to register has been submitted, WGEA will review and process the registration request. Additional information may be requested.

Based on the information provided, an employer may be enrolled in a relevant program. An email and official letter advising of the outcome of a registration request is sent to the email addresses of the report contact and the CEO, Department/Agency Head or equivalent listed.

The report contact listed will receive notifications and updates regarding gender equality reporting and any upcoming submission.