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WGEA Review Report

Review of the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012, December 2021

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  • Executive summary
  • WGEA Review recommendations
  • Snapshot of gender equality in Australia
  • Brief overview of WGEA's role
  • Functions of WGEA
  • Scope of the Workplace Gender Equality Act
  • Make reporting easier for business and improve collection and sharing of gender data
  • Publish organisation gender pay gaps to accelerate action to close them
  • Bridge the ‘action gap’ with gender equality standards
  • Reduce the regulatory burden on employers
  • Support Respect@Work implementation to prevent and address workplace sex-based harassment and discrimination
  • Research the best way to collect diversity data
  • Refine the gender equality indicators (GEIS)
  • Strengthen compliance and enforcement
  • Set WGEA up for future success to support employers drive gender equality in workplaces
  • Five year review of Workplace Gender Equality Act
  • Appendix 1 – Terms of Reference
  • Appendix 2 – Ten questions from the WGEA Review Consultation Paper, October 2021
  • Appendix 3 – Consultation methodology
  • Appendix 4 – What we heard: summary of consultation themes
  • Appendix 5 – Key resources
  • Appendix 6 – WGEA Gender Pay Gap Fact Sheet August 2021
  • Appendix 7 – Summary of Recommendations – what would need to be done and by whom?

Area/Program/Initiative
Workplace gender equality

Release date
Friday 4 March 2022

Publication category
Report

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