Resources

Find research, case studies and tools to help your organisation take action against gender inequality issues in the workplace.

 

 

Gender strategy toolkit

Tools to help your workplace achieve gender equality.

Gender pay gap

Actions we can take in the workplace to reduce the gender pay gap.

Pay equity

Assistance to address pay equity problems in your organisation.

Women in leadership

The Agency showcases what real people and organisations are doing to improve gender equality in their own workplaces across Australia.

Gender equality and caring

Better support for carers in the workplace helps improve gender equality.

Parental leave

Support and protect working parents with good parental leave policy.

Flexible work

Flexibility is a key enabler of gender equality.

Recruitment and promotion

Eliminate gender bias that prevent career progression.

Gender equality and diversity

Understand how different factors intersect with gender equality in our society.

Family violence

Recognising family violence as a workplace issue and putting supports in place for employees.

Sex-based discrimination

Preventing sex-based discrimination in the workplace.

Employee consultation

Engage with employees when implementing gender equality strategies in your workplace.

Gender equality and men

Helping men access workplace flexibility and parental leave.

Small business

Support for small businesses wanting to manage gender equality issues.

Resources

Women in leadership: Lessons from Australian companies leading the way

The Business Council of Australia, McKinsey & Company and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency teamed up to undertake a study using three years of WGEA data and more than 40 interviews. The result, Women in Leadership: Lessons from Australian companies leading the way, provides an evidence-based recipe for dismantling barriers to women’s participation at senior levels and a correlation between representation of women in senior roles and the practice of normalising flexible work.

Gender and negotiation in the workplace

This paper explores how workplace negotiation contributes to gender inequality and what organisations and individuals can do to improve outcomes.

Gender pay equity in awards and enterprise agreements

Awards and enterprise agreements are common methods of setting pay for organisations. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) confirms that gender pay gaps are less prevalent when pay is set by an award or collective agreement. 

Towards gender balanced parental leave

This paper explores the different parental leave policies available in OECD countries and offers suggestions for increasing the share of men using parental leave.

Pay equity and legal risk management

Taking action to ensure equal remuneration between women and men is an important step for organisations to proactively manage any associated legal risks. Organisations are required by law to provide equal pay to employees who are performing work of equal or comparable value. 

Unpaid care work and the labour market

This paper explores the link between the unequal distribution of caring work between women and men and the unequal labour market outcomes.

women's work | men's work

A series of profiles of women and men in non-traditional roles, designed to challenge stereotypes about work.

Guide to gender pay equity

Achieving gender equality, including gender pay equity, is a process that takes time and conscious significant effort. This guide will help you diagnose the status of pay equity in your organisation, set goals, and take practical steps to improve pay equity as part of your gender equality strategy.