Australian employers are now legally bound to prevent sexual harassment at work
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said the changes would seek to prevent sexual harassment from occurring in the workplace, rather than have workplaces react to it taking place.
$290,000 in fines for first sexual harassment conviction under VIC workplace safety laws
A Victorian boss and two related businesses have been fined a total of $290,000 in relation to sexual harassment in the workplace, marking the state's first conviction of its kind under workplace health and safety laws.
Respect@Work website provides “one-stop-shop” for businesses on how to stamp out sexual harassment
The Respect@Work Council has launched new website informing employers how best to eliminate and respond to sexual harassment in the workplace.
Explained: How Labor’s industrial relations reforms will profoundly affect every small business
Here's what you need to know about the bill, from its proposed overhaul of the enterprise bargaining system to new Fair Work Commission powers to enforce hybrid work arrangements.
Employer ordered to pay $150,000 to employee who was sexually harrassed at work
The employer was ordered to pay the damages to a former employee for failing to take reasonable precautions to prevent her from being sexually harassed in the workplace.
“Brazen”: Ex-employee sacked for historic sexual harassment sues Bunnings
An accountant who was previously found guilty of historical sexual harassment in the workplace is suing Bunnings for unlawful discrimination after he was sacked when his history came to light.
Sexual discrimination at work needs to end, and small businesses can lead the way
Following Brittany Higgins’ powerful address at the National Press Club, Tara Ladd, founder of Your One & Only, outlines why, and how, small business can lead the way when it comes to ending sexual discrimination at work.
The Jenkins report shows how NDAs are being used to conceal workplace sexual harassment in Australia
The time has come for a serious re-evaluation of how non-disclosure agreements are used to conceal workplace sexual harassment and bullying.
Here’s what a positive duty for employers to prevent sexual discrimination would look like
One of the key recommendations the government ignored from the landmark Respect@Work report could have gone a long way to preventing workplace sexual harassment.
The roadmap to Respect@Work comes with roadside assistance, not a navigation system
"The positive duty was in fact the navigation system at the heart of the roadmap to Respect@Work. What we have now is roadside assistance," writes Fay Calderone.
Sexual harassment in the workplace: Why businesses need to be proactive, not reactive
Laws to better protect women from workplace sexual harassment have passed Parliament, but businesses still need to take action too.
Labor says it will commit $24 million in funding to Working Women’s Centres if elected
The Labor government also says it would work with relevant stakeholders and the states and territories to establish new centres where there are none.
