Every year millions of passengers from all corners of the globe and all walks of life pass through our terminals.

From the family heading off on their first overseas adventure, friends welcoming each other home, new connections and old, business won and lost, and a myriad of new opportunities, our airport is a true melting pot of diversity.

Within our business, we see our team, our culture and the differences we bring to work as fundamental to delivering outstanding outcomes, no matter the context.

From our foundational Diversity and Inclusion strategy that started in 2019, we see the evolution to belonging and inclusion as an opportunity to better reflect the society in which we operate.

This action plan was developed in conjunction with our people and reflects what’s most important to them and what truly makes our business a great place to work. It is not only about living our Values and doing the right thing. It’s about recognising that when our people do well, SYD does well – for our customers, for our partners and for the community.

Gender Pay Gap

Central to our Belonging and Inclusion Action Plan is our commitment to gender equity, including 'pay equity'.

In 2023-2024, SYD has identified a gender pay gap of 6.7%. While we are proud of our progress, we know the job’s not done, and we are committed to eliminating our overall pay gap.

That’s why we are continuing to invest in programs and benefits like:

• Family Inclusive Workplace certification
• A fully flexible working environment
• 26 weeks gender-neutral parental leave
• 5 days assisted fertility leave
• Pregnancy loss leave (4 weeks for miscarriage, 26 weeks for stillbirth)
• 4 weeks leave for surrogate, foster or kinship carers
• 10 days domestic and family abuse leave

Key actions underway to address gender equity across SYD are highlighted in our Gender Pay Gap Statement.

For more information on what we're doing to close the gap, view or download our statement below.

Family Inclusive Workplace™

We are proud to be recognised as a certified Family Inclusive Workplace™.

Family Friendly Workplaces (FFW) is a joint initiative led by UNICEF Australia and Parents At Work to create National Work and Family Standards for all Australian workplaces establishing a benchmark designed to better support employees to juggle their work and family caring needs.

The initiative addresses systemic barriers to women’s workforce participation and gender inequality, such as access to flexible work, paid parental leave and child and aged care support.

Pride in Diversity

We're a proud member of Pride in Diversity, Australia's national not-for-profit employer support program for all aspects of LGBTI workspace inclusion.