Changes to the Workplace Gender Equality Act
Parliament recently passed a series of legislative reforms to the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 in an effort to close the gender pay gap. These reforms impact reporting to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) and include a requirement for WGEA to publish employer gender pay gaps for the first time in early 2024.
CEO of WGEA, the Hon. Mary Wooldridge has been invited to speak to ACCI members on Wednesday, July 26, 2023, about the significant impact on employers across Australia.
With reforms to start taking effect in late 2023, ACCI would like to help members better understand the changes and their desired result, as well as provide an overview of how to improve gender equality in the workplace.
Following her keynote address, Mary Wooldridge will join ACCI CEO, Andrew McKellar for a Q&A session before opening the floor to members for questions.
More information on the legislative changes can be found on the WGEA website.
*This is an exclusive, members-only webinar.
Jobs and Skills Australia Webinar with Professor Peter Dawkins AO, Director of Jobs and Skills Australia
Dawkins spoke to attendees about how JSA is using real-world analysis and testing and a suite of products and analytical tools to create a roadmap for the future of skills. Dawkins shared JSA’s conceptual plan of work and shared details about the top occupations in demand and the skills pressures each category faces respectively. The Q&A was moderated by ACCI chief executive, Andrew McKellar.
Thank you to Board member, Geoff Gwilym, CEO, Victorian Automotive Chamber of Commerce, and ACCI members the Hon. Dr Peter Hendy, CEO, Independent Higher Education Australia and Troy Williams, CEO, Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia for their questions. Thanks must also go to ACCI President, Nola Watson and Peter Daly, CEO of Master Plumbers’ and Mechanical Services Association of Australia and Chair of ACCI’s Employment & Skills Committee, for moving the Vote of Thanks.
The recording of the day’s session can be made available to members and participants.
