The Gender Equality Act (2020) outlines five key tasks that organisations (referred to as duty holders) need to do to comply with its requirements.
Each task has specific due dates and obligations, which are outlined in the table.
Task | Due date | More information |
| Gender impact assessment | Ongoing obligation | Summary information of your assessments is included in progress reports due every two years. |
| Audits | 1 December 2025 (deadline extended from original date of 31 October 2025) | Workplace gender audits are completed every two years. Current plans cover the period 2021 – 2025. |
| Gender equality action plan | 1 May 2026 (deadline extended from original date of 31 October 2025) | Gender equality action plans are completed every four years. Current plans cover the period 2021 – 2025. |
| Progress report | 1 May 2026 (deadline extended from original date of 31 October 2025) | Progress reports are completed every two years. Current reports cover the period 2023- 2025. |
| Promote gender equality | Ongoing obligation | Your gender equality action plan describes how your organisation promotes gender equality. |
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