Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Closing the Gender Pay Gap) Bill 2023

Type
Government
Portfolio
Women
Originating house
Senate
Status
Act
Parliament no
47

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Summary

Amends the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 to: require the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) to publish gender pay gap information of relevant employers for each reporting period; rename the current 'minimum standards' as 'gender equality standards'; require relevant employers to provide executive summary and industry benchmark reports to all members of their governing body; include 'sexual harassment', 'harassment on the ground of sex' or 'discrimination' as gender equality indicators; change the title of the 'Director' of the WGEA to 'Chief Executive Officer'; and make a technical amendment to the definition of 'reporting period'.

Progress

Senate
Introduced and read a first time 08 Feb 2023
Second reading moved 08 Feb 2023
Second reading debate 23 Mar 2023
Second reading agreed to 23 Mar 2023
Third reading agreed to 23 Mar 2023
House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time 23 Mar 2023
Second reading moved 28 Mar 2023
Second reading debate 28 Mar 2023
Second reading debate 29 Mar 2023
Second reading agreed to 30 Mar 2023
Third reading agreed to 30 Mar 2023
Finally passed both Houses 30 Mar 2023
Assent
  • Act no: 18
  • Year: 2023
11 Apr 2023

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Explanatory memoranda

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Explanatory memoranda

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  • Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
  • Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

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