1. Enable WGEA to use data employers have already provided to government (such as Single Touch Payroll and other data) where possible, and
2. Invest in a way to assist employers to extract other data from their own employer systems using a digital solution where possible.

1. add a new minimum standard to require relevant employers with 500 or more employees to achieve and report to WGEA on measurable genuine targets against three of the six gender equality indicators
2. strengthen the existing minimum standards to require relevant employers with 500 or more employees to have policies or strategies that cover all six gender equality indicators (not just one policy or strategy for one GEI as currently required), and
3. rename the minimum standards to be ‘gender equality standards.’

1. require employers to report the date employers share with their employees, shareholders, and/or members the gender equality reports that the employers provided to WGEA , and
2. require employers to provide the Executive Summary report and Industry Benchmark report from WGEA to employers to their Board/Governing Body.

1. Remove the ‘reporting levels to the CEO’ question. Currently employers must report on managerial distance from the CEO or equivalent
2. Replace ‘annualised full-time equivalent figures’. Enable employers to report on actual earnings of part-time and casual employees as well as the number of hours employees are engaged, and
3. Replace ‘proportion of workforce’ questions with ‘number of employees’ who have access to paid parental leave, and number of employees who ceased employment during or after that leave.

1. age (already reported voluntarily by many)
2. primary workplace location, (already reported voluntarily by many)
3. whether superannuation is paid by an employer when an employee is on paid, unpaid employer-funded and/or government-funded parental leave, and
4. remuneration data for Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) or the equivalent (no information is to be published by WGEA on individual remuneration).

In line with the ABS 2020 Standard for Sex, Gender, Variations of Sex Characteristics and Sexual Orientation Variables, enable WGEA to collect data on non-binary people.

Identify the best approach to improve other aspects of gender equality indicator reporting to:

1. require employers to report to WGEA on occupations and jobs at (ANZSCO) level 4 for non-managers
2. include partnerships and partners in the WGEA dataset more fully in WGEA dataset, and
3. make it mandatory for to individual entities within corporate structures to report.