It’s that time of year again, and amongst all the end-of-year functions and holiday preparations, it is a good time to reflect on the lessons from 2023 for workplace investigations and look towards what may be on the horizon in 2024. Here are some trends our team has noticed over the last 12 months and […]
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Culture Reviews have increasingly become one of the key tools in the workplace toolbox for exploring ‘noise’ within an organisation or team. Whether in response to a series of informal concerns, anonymous whistleblowers, conflicts and tensions, or other symptoms such as low morale or high turnover within a team, a well-conducted Culture Review can provide
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
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“Time for respect: Fifth national survey on sexual harassment in Australian workplaces” was released by the Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins last week, giving us a clear message that rates of sexual harassment in our workplaces remain unacceptably high. The Report shows that one in three people experienced workplace sexual harassment in the past five
Need to correct a toxic workplace culture? Or want to take the pulse of your workforce? Conducting a culture review is a vital first step. Reviews into workplace culture, parliamentary committees and industry or workplace specific examinations such as the Set the Standard Report and the WA Parliament’s inquiry into sexual harassment in the FIFO mining industry
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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
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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
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Respect@Work – National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces by the Australian Human Rights Commission. What was the inquiry about? In March 2020, following an 18-month inquiry, Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins handed down the Australian Human Rights Commission’s report of the National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces, Respect@Work. The Commission was
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