Publications

Find our research and publications to learn more about workplace gender equality. 

WGEA publications

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New: Commonwealth Public Sector Scorecard

Read WGEA's latest Commonwealth Public Sector Gender Equality Scorecard.

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Employer Gender Pay Gaps Report 2023-24

WGEA has published the 2023-24 employer gender pay gaps of 7,800 private sector employers and 1,700 corporate groups.

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Australia's Gender Equality Scorecard

See the key findings from the latest reporting period in gender segregation, pay gaps, women in leadership and more.

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Employer Gender Pay Gaps Snapshot

WGEA’s latest analysis compares employer gender pay gaps by industry, industry-type, business size and the role of women in leadership. 

Employer gender pay gap publication UK review Download now

UK Employer Gender Pay Gaps Literature Review

 This new research paper summarises the effects of the legislative requirement to publish employer gender pay gaps in the UK. 

Commonwealth Public Sector Snapshot Voluntary Reporting Results

WGEA Public Sector Snapshot 2022

The 2022 Commonwealth Public Sector Gender Equality Snapshot is the first look at WGEA reporting of gender equality in the public sector.

WGEA Progress Report

WGEA Progress Report

Find out how Australia progressed in relation to the gender equality indicators during 2020-2022.

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Wages and Ages

Wages and Ages: Mapping the Gender Pay Gap by Age breaks down WGEA's Employer Census data by age to find trends that impact workplace gender equality. 

Part-time managers: A review of the literature - November 2023

Part-time managers: A review of the literature - November 2023

A lack of part-time manager roles for women can also stem from a significant gender pay gap at manager levels. Read the full literature review.

Joint publications

BCEC | WGEA Gender Equity Insights Download Now

BCEC | WGEA Gender Equity Insights

Access and download all nine reports in the BCEC | WGEA Gender Equity Insights series. The 2024 report explores the state of part-time employment and flexible working arrangements in Australia.

Target setting research paper download now

Target setting for Gender Equality Literature Review

Dr Leonora Risse's research paper Target Setting for Gender Equality: A Review of the Literature summarises the evidence behind setting targets for improving workplace gender equality. 

She's Price(d)less Report download now

She's Price(d)less report - Fourth edition

Progress on closing the gender gap in Australia has stalled.

Fact Sheets

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Australia's Gender Pay Gap

What is the gender pay gap? How do you calculate it? And how big is it really?

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Enhancements to Gender Pay Gap Publishing for 2023-24 reporting

WGEA will expand the publication of employer gender pay gaps to include new information. Find out the details here. 

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WGEA Submissions

Submission to the ASX Corporate Governance Council - May 2024

Submission to the ASX Corporate Governance Council - May 2024

In May 2024, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) presented a submission to the ASX Corporate Governance Council.

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Parliamentary Submissions

Download WGEA's latest parliamentary submissions.

WGEA parliamentary submissions

This section contains all submissions made by the Agency into commission inquiries and reviews. Ranging from submissions on women's retirement and economic security, to the gender pay gap, parental leave and more.  

WGEA Gender Equality Scorecard 2023-24

Australia's gender equality scorecard is a report released each year by the Agency. The report showcases a sample of the key findings from that year's reporting period and includes information on gender segregation, gender pay gaps, women in leadership and much more.

Wages and Ages: Mapping the Gender Pay Gap by Age

Although Australian women enrol in and complete higher education and enter the labour market at a higher proportion than men, they are still substantially less likely to work full-time across all age groups and less likely to reach the highest earning levels. 

The Wages and Ages: Mapping the Gender Pay Gap by Age data series is the first time WGEA data has been broken down by age to track these patterns. 

 

Gari Yala (Speak the Truth): Gendered Insights

In 2020 the Gari Yala project documented the workplace experiences and recommendations of over 1,000 Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander workers. This follow-up report took these results and analysed them through a gendered lens, to better understand the experience of Indigenous women and men at work.

Gender equitable procurement and supply chains

Gender equitable procurement and supply chain strategies involve organisational procurement of goods and services, which are designed to improve gender equality objectives in either the procuring organisation or the supplying organisation.

The future of work and gender

The ‘future of work’ has captured public imagination in recent years as business leaders, policymakers, media pundits and academics debate whether and how work as we know it will continue. This insights paper addresses the future of work debate, considers its shortcomings and reframes the discussion in gendered terms.