Commonwealth public sector employers who have not reported previously must register with WGEA for the Commonwealth Public Sector Gender Equality Reporting program if they have employed 100 or more employees for six months or more of a reporting period. The reporting period is January 1 to December 31 of the year prior to reporting. These months do not need to be consecutive.
An employer can also register if they expect to have 100 or more employees and will stay at or above 100 employees for six months or more within a reporting period. Again, these months do not need to be consecutive.
An employer had a total employee count of:
- 60 from January to end March (3 months)
- 110 from April to end October (7 months)
- 90 from November to December (2 months)
In this example, this employer must register to report to WGEA because they had 100 employees for six months or more during the reporting period.
No longer required to report?
If an employer has previously registered but their employee count drops below 100 in total, they must keep reporting until they have employed fewer than 80 employees in total for six or more months of a reporting period (January 1 to December 31)—the months do not need to be consecutive.
Once employee numbers have fallen below 80 in total for six or more months during a given reporting period, please advise WGEA by lodging a support request via the Portal or via email. Once confirmed by WGEA, an employer is notified in writing that they are no longer required to report.
Including anything false or misleading is considered non-compliance with the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012.
An employer had a total employee count of:
- 110 from January to end March (3 months)
- 75 from April to end October (7 months)
- 85 from November to end December 2 months)
In this example, the employer had less than 80 employees for the majority of the 12-month reporting period (January 1-December 31)—they would be able to notify WGEA than they are no longer eligible to report.