The Workplace Gender Equality Citation encourages, recognises and promotes employers’  achievement of and commitment to gender equality in Australian workplaces.

There are 2 levels of recognition in the citation:

• Employer of Choice for Gender Equality
• Employer Committed to Gender Equality

WGEA awards the citation for a period of three years, after which organisations can reapply.

The Agency currently has 115 employers as Employer of Choice for Gender Equality.

View the full list of citation holders.

Download the document outlining the criteria for the two levels of the citation.

This will help employers in the application process.

All citation holders show outstanding achievement in workplace gender equality and must demonstrate the  following attributes.

• A commitment to gender equality and continuous improvement across key areas of the employee lifecycle
• Provision of cutting-edge policy and processes that enable gender equal outcomes including pay equality, closing the gender pay gap and a gender balanced workforce
• Employees affirm workplace experiences that are safe and respectful, and leadership understand and support gender equal outcomes.

 “The Workplace Gender Equality Citation recognises an employer’s efforts to tackle the deep-rooted causes of gender inequality in the workplace,” said Mary Wooldridge, WGEA CEO.

“These innovative employers have implemented evidence-informed solutions to take effective action in their workplaces and strive to be at the forefront of practice as an employer and across their particular industries.”