The Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 (the Act) outlines certain steps that are required to maintain the accuracy and reliability of the information collected by WGEA. Accurate and reliable information is essential for monitoring progress and implementing effective policies to address workplace gender inequality. CEOs of relevant employers are required to review and approve the Public Reports before reporting contacts can successfully lodge the Gender Equality Report. This is known as CEO sign-off.
Public Reports
The Public Reports consist of two PDFs that must be generated and downloaded via the WGEA Employer Portal. The Public Reports are available once the Questionnaire, Workplace Profile (WPP) and Workforce Management Statistics (WMS) sections of your Gender Equality Report are ‘completed’ without any unresolved data anomalies.
| Document name | Description | Availability |
| Public Report –Questionnaire | Lists the mandatory questions and answers provided in the Questionnaire. | Once the 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 you uploaded for the Workplace Profile (WPP) and Workforce Management Statistics (WMS) sections. For corporate groups, this document is available for all ABNs within the corporate structure that report 80 or more employees in the WPP. | Once the WMS and WPP sections are complete without any outstanding data anomalies |
For more information about the Public Reports, and instructions to generate and download, refer to Document generation.
CEO approval and sign-off
You must generate and download your Public Reports for CEO (or equivalent) approval and sign-off before lodging your Gender Equality Report.
Important
- Your organisation’s CEO (or equivalent) must review the Public Reports to ensure the information you are intending to lodge is correct.
- This is a critical step to ensure the accuracy of the information provided.
- Once CEO approval is received, you must check the relevant declaration within the Employer Portal to confirm that your CEO has reviewed and approved the data before you can lodge your Report.
- Employers who lodge their Gender Equality Report by the due date will have 28 days to edit the Report. If data needs to be amended, the Report must be re-signed by the CEO prior to re-lodging.
- After this 28-day change period, no further edits can be made.
28-day review period after lodgement
Review your report within 28 days of lodging
If you lodge your report within the lodgement period or an approved extension period, provided the extension period ends at least four weeks before 31 August, you will have 28 days to review and amend the report.
After this 28-day review period, no further edits can be made.
If you lodge your report less than 28 days before 31 August, you will only have the remaining days until 31 August for review. For example, if you lodge your report on 17 August, you will have 14 days to edit your report.
You will not be able to edit your report after 31 August.
The reporting documents (Questionnaire, Workforce Management Statistics and Workplace Profile) cannot be edited once the 28-day review period has ended.
If changes are needed, you must log into the Employer Portal to:
update your reporting document/s (if you re-enter a section and make any edits to an uploaded file or answer, you will reopen your report)
resolve any outstanding data anomalies
obtain CEO approval for the edited report, and
re-lodge your report during the review period.
Important:
The 28-day review period is only guaranteed to employers who lodge within the 2-month lodgement period or within an approved extension period, provided the extension period ends at least four weeks before 31 August.
- The 28-day review period does not apply to selecting targets. Selected targets cannot be changed once they’ve been submitted.
Instructions to lodge your Report
For step-by-step instructions for lodging your Gender Equality Report, refer to Lodging your Report.
Compliance requirements
Once you have successfully lodged your Report, refer to Next steps: After lodgement for information and instructions about your compliance requirements, including notification and access requirements.