About progress reports

Progress reports are a way of checking the success of gender equality action plans and gender impact assessments.

Your organisation’s progress reports must include:

• all policies, programs and services for which a gender impact assessment (GIA) was done
• any action taken for each GIA
• progress on the measures and strategies set out in your gender equality action plan (GEAP)
• progress on the 7 workplace gender equality indicators
• all targets or quotas met.
  Note: currently, no targets or quotas are regulated.

Who needs to do a progress report

The Gender Equality Act 2020 requires around 300 organisations to do. They include:

• public service bodies
• public entities
• special bodies
• local councils
• universities
• Court Services Victoria
• Office of Public Prosecutions.

When to do a progress report

Organisations must submit a progress report to us every 2 years.

Together with our commissioner, we assess all progress reports for compliance with the Act and provide feedback to you.

If your progress report does not show that you have made reasonable and material progress, then the Commissioner may take action to ensure that you make progress in the future.

Why a progress report is required

Reporting on your organisation’s progress helps you see how well the strategies and measures in your GEAP and GIA are working. It also allows the Commissioner to see that you are making progress, as required under the Act.

How to do a progress report

1. Complete an audit.
   In the audit for your progress report, you must:
   1. collect workforce and employee experience data and compare it to the previous year’s workplace gender audit data
   2. provide the data to us through the reporting platform.
      
2. Complete a progress report.
   The progress report has required and recommended parts. You must:
   1. use our progress reporting template
   2. submit the progress report via our reporting portal
   3. publish the progress report on your website.