A major industrial relations Bill expressly banning workplace s-xual harassment has passed Federal Parliament. The development follows the release of the results of the Australian Human Rights Commission's fifth national survey on the prevalence of such harassment, which features both alarming and encouraging findings.
Proactively integrating men and women workers in male-dominated workplaces can reduce discrimination and promote safer cultures, a landmark study seeking to "stamp out" occupational s-xual violence has found.
New Federal laws prohibiting conduct creating "hostile" workplace environments, and imposing a positive duty on employers to prevent s-xual harassment, have passed both houses of Parliament with additional provisions clarifying the related operation of WHS legislation.
An employer that medically retired an injured worker was not obligated to offer her a part-time role or create a new job for her, a commission full bench has ruled in a case involving overlapping injury laws.
Qantas has failed to block two of four WHS charges alleging it engaged in discriminatory conduct towards an elected health and safety representative for taking actions relating to the cleaning of planes arriving from a COVID-19 hot spot.
Legislation prohibiting conduct creating "hostile" workplace environments, and imposing a positive duty on employers to prevent s-xual harassment, has been introduced by the Federal Government.
A worker who was terminated because of her post-traumatic stress disorder has lost her unfair dismissal and disability discrimination case, with a commission accepting her employer was unable to make suitable adjustments for her.
