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 Questionnaire, WPP and WMS are ‘completed’ with no data anomalies. |
| Industry Benchmark Report | The ABN | Private sector employers - contacts will be notified via email when available, approx. November. Public sector employers - contacts will be notified via email when available, approx. quarter 1 of the year following lodgement. |
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 Questionnaire, WPP and WMS are ‘completed’ with no data anomalies. |
| Corporate Group Executive Summary | One report covering the entire corporate group (employing ABNs). | Employers are notified via email 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) | Private sector employers - contacts will be notified via email when available, approx. November. Public sector employers - contacts will be notified via email when available, approx. quarter 1 of the year following lodgement. |
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
1. Access the Employer Portal.
- Navigate to the submission home page within the Employer Portal.
2. Employers can only generate the Public Reports once:
- All relevant sections of their Gender Equality Report have been completed
- There are no outstanding data anomalies.
3. Scroll down to the Public Report options (see image)
- Under Public Report - Questionnaire, click 'Generate Questionnaire' (yellow button)
- Under Public Report – Employee Data Tables, click 'Generate Profile and Statistics (yellow button)
4. Wait for generation
- Report generation can take up to 24 hours in high-traffic periods, particularly in the week of 31 May (the Private Sector Gender Equality Report due date).
5. Download the Reports
- Once generated, reports are available under 'Documents tab → Reports'
- Previously generated reports can be found under 'Documents tab → Reporting Documents'
6. Timing restrictions
- The Public Reports are only available to generate while the Gender Equality Reporting program is open.
- After the program officially closes:
- No new Public Reports for the program can be generated.
- You can still download previously generated reports as in step 5.
How to generate & download Executive Summary (ES)
The Executive Summary is available once the Questionnaire, WPP and WMS are ‘completed’ with no data anomalies.
- 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:
Can I generate reports for previous reporting periods?
Documents for Gender Reporting Programs must be generated at the time they are available. The reports remain available in the portal for generation until before the following year's lodgement period begins. After the new lodgement period begins, reports from the previous period can no longer be generated in our system.
- The Public Reports are available once the Questionnaire, WPP and WMS are ‘completed’ with no data anomalies.
- The Industry Benchmark Report is available when notified.
- The Executive Summary is available immediately after lodgement of the Gender Equality Report.