Comment on a report

Under the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 (Act), relevant employers are required to report to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (the Agency) annually on a set of standardised reporting matters under six gender equality indicators. The Act provides for comments to be made to the employer or to the Agency on an employer’s report, as described below.

To make a comment on a specific report, please complete the form below.

Who can make a comment to WGEA?

The Act provides for employees and employee organisations with members in an employer’s workplace to be able to comment to the employer, or to the WGEA, on the employer’s report. Your employer can provide advice to you about the best way to provide comments at the workplace level. If, however, you wish to make comments to WGEA directly, you will need to complete the comments submission form below.

What must comments relate to?

The Agency can only deal with matters that relate directly to an employer’s report. If you have a complaint relating to an individual case of discrimination or a similar matter, there are agencies that can help you, for example the Fair Work Ombudsman or the Australian Human Rights Commission.

On what basis will the Agency deal with comments?

Two criteria will be considered by the Agency when determining if a comment should be actioned:

  1. relevance of the comment to the employer’s report
  2. the degree or likelihood that the Agency dealing with the comment will result in improved accuracy or completeness of the report.

When can comments be made?

There is no time restriction on when comments can be provided. However:

  • comments made to an employer within 28 days after a report has been lodged, may be taken into account by the employer in deciding if the report needs amending 
  • comments made to the Agency within 28 days after a report has been lodged, may be taken into account in deciding whether to request additional information from the employer as part of assessing compliance with the Act.

What will happen to comments sent to the Agency?

The Agency will deal with comments in one or more of the following ways:

  1. as part of assessing compliance with the Act, take comments into account when requesting additional information from the employer
  2. take comments into account when determining if a review is to be conducted of the relevant employer’s compliance with the Act
  3. decide to take no further action.

Will my details be kept confidential?

All personal information submitted on the comments submission form will be kept strictly confidential.

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