Recorded Webinar: Respect@Work: What Does it Mean in Practice for Employers?

The implementation of the recommendations in the Respect@Work Report has significant implications for all workplaces, requiring, amongst other things, organisations to change their focus from reactive to proactive. This session will provide a nuts and bolts guide of what organisations need to do to be ready for the new enforcement regime, including:

• How did we get to this point? A look back at the landmark report and the national Inquiry into Sexual Harassment
• Practical implications of the positive duty to eliminate sexual harassment
• Who does the duty apply to?
• How will “reasonable and proportionate measures” be assessed?
• Changes to what conduct constitutes harassment and lowering of thresholds and time limits
• What constitutes a “hostile workplace environment”?
• An assessment of the new investigative and enforcement powers of the Australian Human Rights Commission
• Consequences and penalties for breach
• Identifying and targeting culture and behaviour that allows sexual harassment to occur - a tool kit for employers to undertake a risk assessment of their workplace