APS agency benchmarking

This section draws on research and data from the Australian Public Service Employment Database (APSED) and the Australian Public Service Employee Census.

It shows how APS agencies are performing in these areas:

• employment of First Nations people – in the context of the Australian Government’s commitment to increase First Nations employment in the APS to 5% by 2030
• employment of people with disability – in the context of the Australian Government’s commitment to increase the employment of people with disability across the APS to 7% by 2025
• employment of culturally and linguistically diverse Senior Executive Service (SES) employees – in the context of the Australian Government’s introduction of a reportable benchmark of 24% for CALD representation in the SES
• employee perceptions of communication – agencies are shown with other APS agencies of like size
• employee engagement – agencies are shown with other APS agencies of like size
• employee perceptions of the enabling of innovation – agencies are shown with other APS agencies of like size
• employee perceptions of SES leaders – agencies are shown with other APS agencies of like size
• employee perceptions of immediate supervisors - agencies are shown with other APS agencies of like size
• employee perceptions of harassment and bullying – agencies are shown with other APS agencies of like size
• employee perceptions of wellbeing policies and support – agencies are shown with other APS agencies of like size
• working away from the office – agencies are shown with other APS agencies of like size.