How to Generate Gender Equality Report for WGEA
The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) is an Australian Government statutory agency established by the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012. Its primary role is to promote and improve gender equality in Australian workplaces.
The Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 requires non-public sector employers with 100 or more employees to submit a report to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.
This checklist provides a basis to prepare the Gender Equality report. It outlines a method for extracting data from TASS.web to populate the Workplace Profile - Unit Level Data template published by WGEA.
Important!
Review the WGEA Reporting Guide to understand the fields, required data, and report completion process.
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1 | Create HR User Defined Area for WGEA | Go to TASS.web Payroll HRM > Employee/HR > Setup Information > Employee/HR Setup on the ‘HR User Defined Areas’ tab. Click ‘New Area' and type in 'WGEA’ into the 'Description' field. Click on the ‘Table Referenced Fields’ header, and add the following fields:
Click on the ‘Text Fields’ header, and add the following fields:
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2 | Assign Access to HR User Defined Area | Click ‘Roles’ in the Action column for the ‘WGEA’ UD Area (that you created in Step 1). Assign user security permissions for the WGEA UD area. Assign 'View Only' or 'View & Edit' access based on Security Roles configured in the TASS.web System Admin > Users > Security Role Permissions. Important! Ensure the TASS.web user who is responsible for entering WGEA data has 'View & Edit' access. Click ‘Save’. | 🔲 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Update WGEA User Defined Area | Click ‘Edit’ in the Action column for the ‘WGEA’ UD Area (that you created in Step 1). Set up the dropdown list for the ‘Manager Category’:
Following the same process above, go to the remaining ‘Table Referenced Fields’ and create the following dropdown lists: Select the ‘Arrow' icon beside 'Level to CEO’ and add:
Select the ‘Arrow' icon beside 'Graduate/Apprentice’ and add:
Select the ‘Arrow' icon beside 'Employment Type’ and add:
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4 | Enter employee data for WGEA User Defined Area | Go to TASS.web Payroll HRM > Employee/HR > Employee Information > HR User Defined Areas Grid.
To bulk update Employee UD Areas, use TASS.web System Admin > Utilities > Data Upload Utility. | 🔲 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Prepare the report | Go to TASS.web Payroll HRM > Employee/HR > Listings and Reports > Employee Details Listing.
To complete this step, you will need to reference the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) for 2026, then transition to the Occupation Standard Classification Australia (OSCA) for 2027 reporting. | 🔲 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Calculate Employee Superannuation Contributions | Go to TASS.web Payroll HRM > Payroll > Listings & Reports > Super Remittance File/Report.
Super needs to be calculated annually.
Super can also be calculated as 12% of Base Salary. Important! Super is required to calculate the Total Remuneration. | 🔲 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Review Payment Transactions | This optional step allows you to verify your data. Go to TASS.web Payroll HRM > Payroll > Listings & Reports > Payment Transactions Report.
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8 | Calculate Base Salary and Total Remuneration | Go to TASS.web Payroll HRM > Payroll > Employee Information > Employees.
Calculate or enter these amounts in accordance with the guidelines published by WGEA. | 🔲 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Review Base Hours | This optional step allows you to verify your data. Go to TASS.web Payroll HRM > Payroll > Employee Information > Employees.
Use this report to verify that base hours and quantities match. | 🔲 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Report Completion | Add the ‘Base Salary’ and 'Total Remuneration' to the report. Remove fields and adjust the order of the columns in accordance with guidelines published by WGEA. Important! Ensure that all Excel spreadsheets created above all use the same 'Sort By' element. | 🔲 |