Overview
Each row of this dataset represents one employee who accessed family violence leave at your organisation during the audit reporting period.
The Commissioner recognises the sensitive nature of family violence leave data. By collecting this information separately from other employee data, organisations will be able to include family violence leave data in their audit submissions while preserving employees' confidentiality. Please refer to the Privacy and confidentiality(opens in a new window) section of this publication and the Commission’s Privacy policy(opens in a new window) for additional guidance.
People of different genders, ages and cultural backgrounds have different experiences(opens in a new window) of family violence. The Commissioner encourages organisations to apply an intersectional lens to their family violence leave dataset, and to include this data in their audit submissions where it is safe to do so.
If no employees accessed family violence leave during the audit reporting period, you should:
- Leave the Family violence leave dataset empty, and
- Use the Family violence leave data availability field to inform the Commissioner that you have no leave takers to report.
Gender
This field is required for each family violence leave taker
- This field must be populated meaningfully for every family violence leave taker record
- Refer to the requirements and acceptable values for this field below for how to populate this field.
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Each row of this dataset represents one employee who accessed family violence leave at your organisation during the audit reporting period. Use this field to indicate the gender of each person who accessed family violence leave. Gender is part of how someone understands who they are and how they interact with other people. Many people identify their gender as being 'woman' or 'man'. Some people understand their gender as a combination of these or neither. Gender can be expressed in different ways, such as through behaviour or physical appearance. A person’s gender does not necessarily mean they have particular sex characteristics or a particular sexuality, or vice versa. The Commissioner recommends allowing an option for self-described gender with a free text option, in addition to 'woman' and 'man' when collecting gender data. For those people who identify with a self-described gender, their gender should be recorded in relevant systems using the term(s) provided by the employee. An individual with a self-described gender may identify as non-binary, trans, gender diverse, agender, genderqueer, genderfluid or using any other term. For the purposes of the audit, the Commissioner will collect data within three gender groups – women, men and self-described gender. Use the value ‘Prefer not to say’ for people who chose not to disclose their identity to your organisation. |
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Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
This field is recommended for each family violence leave taker
- If you have available data for this field, we recommend you populate it for every family violence leave taker record.
- If you do not have available data for this field, you must still populate it with an acceptable value.
- Refer to the requirements and acceptable values for this field below for how to populate this field.
| Definition | Requirements and acceptable values |
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Use this field to indicate whether each person is Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. Use the value 'Prefer not to say' for people who chose not to disclose their identity to your organisation. Use the value 'Data unavailable' if your organisation can't provide this information at this time. |
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Age
This field is recommended for each family violence leave taker
- If you have available data for this field, we recommend you populate it for every family violence leave taker record.
- If you do not have available data for this field, you must still populate it with an acceptable value.
- Refer to the requirements and acceptable values for this field below for how to populate this field.
| Definition | Requirements and acceptable values |
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Use this field to indicate the person's age range, as at the last day of the audit reporting period. Use the value 'Data unavailable' if your organisation can't provide this information at this time. |
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Cultural identity
This field is recommended for each family violence leave taker
- If you have available data for this field, we recommend you populate it for every family violence leave taker record.
- If you do not have available data for this field, you must still populate it with an acceptable value.
- Refer to the requirements and acceptable values for this field below for how to populate this field.
| Definition | Requirements and acceptable values |
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Cultural identity is the group to which a person feels they belong. This might be based on ancestry, tradition, language, geography and/or individual experience. Where possible, multiple responses should be collected for this data item to ensure respondents are able to list all groups with which they identify. If an employee has selected multiple cultural identities, format the selections as a list delimited with vertical bars like this: A|B|C Use the value 'Prefer not to say' for people who chose not to disclose their identity to your organisation. Use the value 'Data unavailable' if your organisation can't provide this information at this time. |
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Disability status
This field is recommended for each family violence leave taker
- If you have available data for this field, we recommend you populate it for every family violence leave taker record.
- If you do not have available data for this field, you must still populate it with an acceptable value.
- Refer to the requirements and acceptable values for this field below for how to populate this field.
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Use this field to indicate each person's disability status. Use the value 'Prefer not to say' for people who chose not to disclose their disability status to your organisation. Use the value 'Data unavailable' if your organisation can't provide this information at this time. |
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Religion
This field is recommended for each family violence leave taker
- If you have available data for this field, we recommend you populate it for every family violence leave taker record.
- If you do not have available data for this field, you must still populate it with an acceptable value.
- Refer to the requirements and acceptable values for this field below for how to populate this field.
| Definition | Requirements and acceptable values |
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Use this field to indicate each person's religion. Use the value ‘Prefer not to say’ for people who chose not to disclose their religion to your organisation. Use the value ‘Data unavailable’ if your organisation cannot provide this information at this time. |
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Sexual orientation
This field is recommended for each family violence leave taker
- If you have available data for this field, we recommend you populate it for every family violence leave taker record.
- If you do not have available data for this field, you must still populate it with an acceptable value.
- Refer to the requirements and acceptable values for this field below for how to populate this field.
| Definition | Requirements and acceptable values |
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Use this field to indicate each person's sexual orientation. Use the value 'Prefer not to say' for people who chose not to disclose their sexual orientation to your organisation. Use the value 'Data unavailable' if your organisation can't provide this information at this time. |
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