Your nominated WGEA reporting contact can generate and download your organisation’s Executive Summary and Industry Benchmark Report from the WGEA reporting portal. The Executive Summary can help you understand and analyse the current state of gender equality in your organisation. The Industry Benchmark Report will help you understand how your workplace compares to your industry peers.
To download your Executive Summary and Industry Benchmark Report, you will need to:
- Login to the WGEA Portal using your myGovID.
- Click on the ‘Data & Insights’ tab and then the ‘Reports’ section.
- Generate your Executive Summary and Industry Benchmark Report
- Download the reports.
Remaining compliant: sharing your reports with your governing body
It is now a statutory requirement that you share the Executive Summary and Industry Benchmark Report with your board or governing body as soon as practicable after receiving the documents.
You will be required to confirm that you shared your reports with your governing body when you next report to WGEA.
Understanding your reports
Download the report guides below. The guides include information on where your data comes from.
Watch the webinar below. It covers:
- the data contained in your Executive Summary and Industry Benchmark Report
- the requirements to share these reports with your governing body and
- next steps you can take to analyse and act on your data.
Frequently Asked Questions
When will I receive my Executive Summary and Industry Benchmark Report?
Your Executive Summary and Industry Benchmark Report can be downloaded from 13 May 2024. There can be delays in the generation of up to 30-minutes during peak times.
Where does the data in my Executive Summary and Industry Benchmark Report come from?
Your agency may have enabled some data to be transferred automatically from the Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) to the WGEA. This includes all data which would otherwise come from the Workplace Profile, as well as data that would otherwise come from questions 1-4 of the Workforce Management Statistics. All agencies (regardless of whether they had their data transferred) would have completed the Questionnaire and questions 5-7 of the Workforce Management Statistics.
Can I customise the Industry Benchmark Report to compare my data to that of a specific industry?
Industry Benchmark Reports are based on the primary Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) industry class or division and the total employee count reported by the employer.
Which agencies are included in the Industry Benchmark Report?
Industry Benchmark Reports contain data for all employees from your Comparison Group—your Comparison Group includes other Commonwealth public sector agencies within the same employee size range.
When do we need to share the two reports with the governing body?
As soon as practicable after being notified that you can generate and download the Executive Summary and Industry Benchmark Reports.
Do we provide the two reports to the governing body as is?
Yes. The two documents are not editable.
Do we need to provide evidence of sharing the two reports with the governing body?
You must declare that you have shared your Executive Summary and Industry Benchmark Reports with your governing body in the Questionnaire for the 2023 reporting period, i.e. the next reporting period (commencing late 2024).