The reporting requirements of employers under the new gender equality in the workplace laws were tabled in federal Parliament today.
The Minister for the Status of Women Julie Collins said the gender reporting requirements provide clarity for employers and are the result of a constructive consultation process led by eminent business leader Ms Carol Schwartz AM.
"The reporting requirements strike the right balance as we try to drive the cultural change necessary to achieve gender equality in the workplace," Collins said.
"The new reporting will be simpler for employers – they will no longer be required to provide lengthy descriptions of their workplace programs.
"For the first time, the reports will contain actual data including the number of women and men in a workplace, what roles they fill and how much they are paid."
The reporting requirements are part of the Workplace Gender Equality Act passed by the Parliament last November and apply to employers with 100 or more employees.
The new simplified system comes into effect on April 1, 2013.
