Workplace Gender Equality Agency

Workplace Gender Equality Agency is the Australian government body administering WGEA Compliance nationally, overseeing mandatory gender equality reporting for employers across Australia.

• Private sector and Commonwealth public sector employers with 100 or more employees are legally required to report against 6 gender equality indicators to WGEA each year.
• Provides a Gender Pay Gap Analysis Guide and Action Planning Playbook that set out evidence informed actions to address drivers of gender pay gaps identified through employer reporting.
• Employers with 500 or more employees must maintain a policy or strategy for each of the 6 gender equality indicators, guided by WGEA’s published GEI policy guides.
• Runs employer masterclasses and offers direct advisory services covering gender pay gap analysis, action planning and setting gender equality targets, alongside a public Reporting Portal for lodging compliance data.

Best for: Australian employers with 100 or more staff needing to meet mandatory WGEA reporting obligations and build a compliant gender equality action plan.

Workplace Gender Equality Agency supports DEI Measurement for Australian employers through national gender pay gap benchmarking and reporting data.

• Publishes national, industry and employer size level gender pay gap data, including that women earn 79 cents for every dollar men earn on average across reporting employers.
• Offers a public Data Explorer and Action Planning Tool that let employers benchmark their own reported data against national and industry insights.
• Produces recurring research publications, including the Gender Equity Insights report, linking measured gender equality outcomes to workforce metrics such as staff turnover and representation in leadership.

Best for: employers wanting to benchmark their gender pay gap and workforce diversity metrics against national and industry data.