The Workplace Gender Equality Agency is an Australian Government statutory agency created by the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012.
The actions of the Agency and requirements for employers are detailed in the Act and two associated Legislative Instruments. Workplace Gender Equality (Gender Equality Standards) Instrument 2023 and the Workplace Gender Equality (Matters in relation to Gender Equality Indicators) Instrument 2023).
In March 2025, the government passed the Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Setting Gender Equality Targets) Act 2024 and created the Workplace Gender Equality (Gender Equality Targets) Instrument 2025 to require employers with 500 or more direct employees to select and achieve or improve against gender equality targets.