Complaint Types

The positive duty on organisations and businesses to take ‘reasonable and proportionate measures’ to eliminate sexual harassment will become enforceable by the Australian Human Rights Commission from 12 December 2023. The recent publication of Commission Guidelines on the positive duty has many people questioning how this duty might alter the conduct of workplace investigations into […]

On 30 November 2021, the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (VEOHRC) released a new report (the Report) that should serve as a wake-up call for all organisations, and a model for those with the courage to identify and begin to address cultural issues in their workplace. VEOHRC’s Review into Workplace Equality in Ambulance

On 30 November 2021, Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins handed down the Australian Human Rights Commission’s (AHRC) report following its Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces (the Report). The Report found that 77% of people in Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces (CPWs) had either experienced, witnessed or heard about bullying, sexual harassment and/or actual or attempted sexual

On 2 September 2021, legislative changes were passed to reflect recommendations made in the Respect@Work National Inquiry Report of March 2020.  These amendments are aimed at strengthening and simplifying the existing legal frameworks protecting workers from sexual harassment and sex discrimination in the workplace.  In this article, we explore some key implications for workplace investigators