During and after the Gender Equality Reporting process, WGEA will provide relevant employers with documents and reports that need to be generated and downloaded via the Employer Portal.
The Public Reports must be shared with your CEO (or equivalent) for sign-off before you can lodge your Gender Equality Report (Report).
The Public Reports, Executive Summary and Industry Benchmark Report must be shared with certain stakeholders, as per the Notification & Access compliance requirements.
CEO sign-off
All sections of the Gender Equality Report must be completed without any outstanding data anomalies before the Public Reports are available to generate and download for your CEO or equivalent’s review and approval. This is referred to as CEO sign-off.
For further information, refer to CEO sign-off.
Documents to be generated & downloaded
Reporting contacts must generate and download the following documents and reports via the Employer Portal:
Standalone employers (single ABN) will receive:
| Name | Covers | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Public Report – Questionnaire | The ABN | Once the Questionnaire, WPP and WMS are ‘completed’ with no data anomalies. |
| Public Report – Employee data tables | The ABN | Once the Questionnaire, WPP and WMS are ‘completed’ with no data anomalies. |
| Executive Summary | The ABN | Once the Gender Equality Report is prepared and ready for lodgement. |
| Industry Benchmark Report | The ABN | Approx. November |
Corporate group employers will receive:
| Name | Covers | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Public Report – Questionnaire | All ABNs in the submission | Once the Questionnaire, WPP and WMS are ‘completed’ with no data anomalies. |
| Public Report – Employee data tables (submission group) | Set of 3 tables for each relevant employer ABN in the submission (ABNs that report 80 or more employees in the WPP) | Once the Questionnaire, WPP and WMS are ‘completed’ with no data anomalies. |
| Public report – Employee data tables (corporate group) | Set of 3 tables which cover data from the entire corporate group | Once the Questionnaire, WPP and WMS are ‘completed’ with no data anomalies across all submissions in the corporate group. |
| Executive Summary | One report for each relevant employer ABN (ABNs that report 80 or more employees in the WPP) | Once the Gender Equality Report is successfully lodged. |
| Corporate Group Executive Summary | One report covering the entire corporate group (employing ABNs). | When available. |
| Industry Benchmark Report | One report for each relevant employer ABN (ABNs that report 80 or more employees in the WPP) within the corporate group (companion to the ABN level Exec Summary) | Approx. November |
What are Public Reports?
The Public Reports consist of two PDFs that are available once the Questionnaire, Workplace Profile (WPP) and Workforce Management Statistics (WMS) sections of your Gender Equality Report are ‘completed’ without any outstanding data anomalies.
The Public Reports contain all public information from the data lodged within your Gender Equality Report, which will be published on the WGEA Data Explorer. These reports do not include your gender pay gap (GPG), as your GPG will be provided in your Executive Summary.
Important: The Public Reports must be shared with your CEO (or equivalent) for sign-off before you can lodge your Gender Equality Report. For further information, refer to CEO sign-off.
| Document name | Description | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| Public Report -Questionnaire | Lists the mandatory questions and answers provided in the Questionnaire. | if Questionnaire section is complete without any outstanding data anomalies. |
| Public Report -Employee data tables | Details the employee movements and employee composition in separate tables. This information was reported in the excel files that were uploaded for the Workplace Profile and Workforce Management Statistics sections. | if WMS and WPP sections are complete without any outstanding data anomalies (For ABNs that report 80 or more employees in the WPP). |
How to generate & download Public Reports
The Public Reports are generated from the submission home page on the Employer Portal.
- Employers can only generate the Public Reports once all relevant sections of their Gender Equality Report have been completed with no outstanding data anomalies.
- The generated documents are downloaded from the 'Data and Insights' tab of the portal under 'Reports'.
- The generation can take up to 24 hours in high-traffic periods, particularly in the week of 31 May (the due date).
How to generate & download Executive Summary (ES)
The Executive Summary is available immediately after lodgement of the Gender Equality Report.
- Executive Summary must be shared with certain stakeholders, as per the Notification & Access compliance requirements.
- For step-by-step instructions about generating and downloading your ES, refer to Generating your Executive Summary and Industry Benchmark Report.
- These instructions can be used for standalone organisations (1 ABN) and corporate groups (multiple ABNs).
- Corporate group Executive Summary reports can only be generated after all employing ABNs in the corporate group have lodged their report.
For further information, refer to:
How to generate & download your Industry Benchmark Report (IBR)
The Industry Benchmark Report is available once the reporting program has closed (approximately 2–3 months after the lodgement period ends). WGEA will notify Reporting contacts when the report is ready.
- Industry Benchmark Reports must be shared with certain stakeholders, as per the Notification & Access compliance requirements.
- For step-by-step instructions about generating and downloading your IBR, refer to Generating your Executive Summary and Industry Benchmark Report.
For further information, refer to: