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# How does ranking work?

## What determines where an employer ranks for the various benefit groups?

### Flexible and remote working

Ranked according to the total DEIA score for the following questions (generally can be considered as "the more of the following offered, the better ranked):

- Formalised policy related to flexible working arrangements in place
- Compressed working week
- Flexible start and finish times
- Job sharing arrangements
- Part-time contracts
- Rostered days off
- Time-off in lieu of overtime
- Work from anywhere (remote working) options
- Work from anywhere (remote working) permanently
- Open to candidates discussing flexible working arrangements during an interview
- Operational set up

If employers are tied on the above questions, the DEIA score for the flexible working standard is used to break the tie.

### Paid time off

Ranked according to:

- Paid holiday days as the primary ranking (highest first);
- Then by personal sick leave days;
- Then by community service leave.

If employers are tied on the above ranking, the DEIA score for the flexible working standard is used to break the tie.

### Paid parental leave

Ranked according to the sum of the following (highest value first):

- Paid primary carer leave;
- Paid secondary carer leave;
- Paid adoption/kinship/etc. leave.

If employers are tied on the above ranking, the DEIA score for the shared caring responsiblity standard is used to break the tie.

### Women in leadership

Ranked according to:

- Closest to 50% representation for women in senior leadership;
- Then by closest to 50% representation for women in people management.

If employers are tied on the above ranking, the DEIA score for the representative leadership standard is used to break the tie.

### Pay equity

Ranked according to:

- Closest to 0% gender pay gap;
- Then by closest to 50% representation for women in senior leadership.

If employers are tied on the above ranking, the DEIA score for the pay equity standard is used to break the tie.

### Career development

Ranked according to the total DEIA score for the following questions (generally can be considered as "the more of the following offered, the better ranked):

- Approaches to identify, track and embed a focus on career development for employees
- Individual career development incentives and rewards
- Initiatives to promote career development
- Career development opportunities

If the above are tied, we then use the closest to 50% for number of women promoted (note this isn't displayed) and if still tied, the DEIA score for the career development standard is used.

### Policies and support

Ranked according to the total DEIA score for the following questions (generally can be considered as "the more of the following offered, the better ranked):

- Flexible working policy
- Preventing and responding to sexual harassment in the workplace
- Managing racism in the workplace
- Diverse and inclusive hiring
- Non-gendered parental leave
- Accommodations policy or Reasonable adjustment policy
- Domestic and family violence
- Non-gendered dress code policy
- Women experiencing menopause
- Individuals undergoing a gender transition
- Reconciliation action plan (RAP) or policy (AU only)
- Recruitment strategy to increase and/or maintain the representation of women
- Strategies to support diverse and inclusive hiring
- Inclusive hiring training for managers frequency
- Employee-led groups or ERGs to support and champion women
- Employee-led groups or ERGs to support and champion under-represented racial or ethnic groups
- Initiatives to capture and engage diverse employee voices
- Supporting the inclusion of individuals with visible or invisible disabilities
- Managing racism in the workplace
- Inclusive culture
- Diversity and inclusion education and training programs 
    - Plus who receives the training
- Health insurance plans offered to staff
- Mental health and wellbeing support

If employers are tied on the above ranking, the DEIA scores for the inclusing hiring and inclusive & anti-discriminatory culture standards are used to break the tie.

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