Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency
EOWA
1999 – 6 December 2012
Previously Affirmative Action Agency (1986–1999). Renamed Workplace Gender Equality Agency in 2012.
Agency that administered workplace programs for women under the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999, receiving annual reports from employers of 100 or more staff and advising them on equal opportunity.
Names over time
- Affirmative Action Agency1986–1999
- Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency1999–2012
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency2012–present
How it came into existence
Renamed from the Affirmative Action Agency in 1999, when the Affirmative Action (Equal Employment Opportunity for Women) Act 1986 was amended and retitled the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999.
- Administration of employer reporting on equal opportunity for women
Legislation: Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999
Changes during its life
- 3 December 2007Moved from the Employment and Workplace Relations portfolio to the Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs portfolio, which took over responsibility for the status of women.
How it ended
Renamed the Workplace Gender Equality Agency on 6 December 2012, when its Act was amended and retitled the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012.
- Employer reporting on gender equality
- Advice to employers
Main functions
- Receiving employers' workplace program reports
- Advice and assistance to employers
- Compliance reporting and waivers
- Employer of Choice for Women citation
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
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