The 120 organisations named employers of choice for gender equality

The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) has announced its list of employers of choice for gender equality for 2022, naming 120 organisations who have received the citation, including 12 first time recipients.

The WGEA yellow tick is awarded to organisations that are driving progress towards gender equality for their employees and is awarded after a rigorous application process.

Employers with the citation are set apart from other organisation due to a range of factors, like have a lower gender pay gap, better paid parental leave policies, and more women on their boards.

According to WGEA’s data set, these employers have an average gender pay gap of 18.9 per cent compared to 23 per cent for other organisations, and 35 per cent have women on their boards compared to 28 per cent for others. They are more likely to have longer periods of paid parental leave with 14 weeks available on average, they pay superannuation to employees on employer-funded paid parental leave, and have more male managers taking up paid parental leave opportunities.

Director of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, Mary Wooldridge said the agency’s employer of choice list is driven out of evidence-based assessment, highlighting those employers doing the most to drive change.

“Critically, these organisations are delivering on a formula that sees better support structures in place for working families; stronger actions to address pay inequalities; and strategic recruitment and promotion practices that help to encourage the full participation of women at work,” she said.

Wooldridge said research produced in partnership with the University of Queensland shows the approach is “paying clear dividends”.

“Our WGEA Employers of Choice are closing their pay gaps faster, have a higher proportion of women in management, a stronger pipeline of women moving into senior management, a higher representation of women on their Boards and a higher proportion of female employees working full-time than other employers,” she said.

“We extend our congratulations to these leading employers and look forward to working with them closely to help accelerate positive change across all Australian workplaces.”

See the employers included in this year’s list below.