Legislative Compliance

Monash University is required to regularly report to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) and the Commission for Gender Equality in the Public Sector (CGEPS) to ensure compliance with gender equality legislations.

Workplace Gender Equality Agency The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) is an Australian Government statutory agency, established under the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012. The WGEA Gender Equality Reporting program is mandatory, requiring relevant employers to make annual submissions of employee data, workforce management statistics and reporting questionnaires. Our compliance In May 2025, Monash University lodged its 2024/2025 compliance report, with the Workplace Gender Equality Agency and was assessed as compliant with the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012. Access our current certificate of compliance. Monash University employees are able to provide comments by email to the Staff Equity, Diversity and Inclusion team at staff-equity@monash.edu; via anonymous form, or you can submit your comments directly to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

Commission for Gender Equality in the Public Sector The Commission for Gender Equality in the Public Sector (CGEPS) is a Victorian agency, created under the Gender Equality Act 2020. Defined entities are required to consider, promote and take positive action towards achieving gender equality and to report regularly on their progress to ensure compliance with the Act. Our compliance Monash University lodged its progress report with CGEPS in February 2024 and was assessed as compliant with the Gender Equality Act 2020. Our Progress Report can be downloaded here. The results of the Gender Impact Assessments Monash University has undertaken are available here.

Enquiries

Monash HR- Staff Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

gender-equity@monash.edu