From jws.com.au: The Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Setting Gender Equality Targets) Act 2024 requires employers with 500 or more employees to establish and report on three gender equality targets within 12 months, achieving or improving on them within three years.

Designated Relevant Employers (DREs) must select targets from six indicators, including workforce gender composition and efforts to prevent sexual harassment, with consequences for non-compliance potentially including public naming and ineligibility for government contracts.

Australia leads the world with this legislation, contrasting with recent trends in the US that reverse diversity and equality initiatives.