The Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 will have far reaching effects on the gender
composition of Australian businesses in the private sector. The Reporting Regime developed
for implementation of the Act must be harmonised with other reporting regimes which are
already in place, or under development. The Reporting Regime must also include ways in
which characteristics, such as disability, Aboriginality or migrant background can be included
in reports in such a way as to promote ease of comparison between companies, and a self
regulating incentive for companies to improve their performance. Company reports should
be publicly available on the Agency website.
You can view WWDACT’s full submission below.