Review of the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012
The submission to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (the Department) in relation to its review of the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 (Cth) (the Workplace Gender Equality Act), including the functions and powers of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) established under the Act was prepared by the Law Council of Australia.
The Law Council’s submission addresses the questions set out in the Department’s Review of the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 Consultation Paper1 (Consultation Paper), as well as raising a number of broader points.
The Law Council notes that the WGEA has made a number of detailed recommendations for reform to the Workplace Gender Equality Act in its submission to the current inquiry2 (the WGEA submission). This submission has been more recently circulated to a number of stakeholders for consideration by the Department, subsequent to the Consultation Paper. Its recommendations are set out in the Appendix to this submission.
1 Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Review of the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2021, Consultation Paper, October 2021.
2 WGEA, Submission to the Review of the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 (November 2021).
Last Updated on 06/12/2021
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