Qantas Pilot Ordered to Re-Write Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Claim This week, a Qantas pilot was ordered by the Federal Court to re-write a part of her discrimination and sexual harassment statement of claim against the airline. Davida Forshaw is claiming that her former employer Qantas airlines discriminated against her based on her sex. In […]
McGowan Government Responds To Sexual Harassment Inquiry On 21 September, Premier Mark McGowan released a statement on the WA Government’s response to the inquiry on sexual harassment in the mining industry. The recommendations from Enough is Enough will all be implemented alongside those from the Respect@Work report. Notably, a code of practice will be created[…..]
Is Your Workplace Ready to Protect Against Psychosocial Hazards? The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations in Victoria are expected to come into effect in July 2022. It will introduce new definitions relating to ‘psychosocial hazards’. This will be defined to mean “any factor or factors… that may arise in the working environment and may cause[…..]
Women Get $3.4bn For Jobs, Domestic Violence And Sexual Harassment The Federal Government this week announced a $3.4 billion fund to get mothers back into jobs, support those fleeing domestic violence and tackle sexual harassment in the workplace. The women’s budget statement included $20.5 million to implement recommendations from the Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkin’s[…..]
Class is Strongest Indicator of Workplace Inclusion New research conducted by Diversity Council Australia (DCA) has found that ‘class’ is the strongest indicator of workers’ experience of inclusion at work and the indicator most strongly linked to exclusion. Based on survey results of over 3,000 Australian workers, the study looked at nine diversity indicators. These[…..]
COVID-19 Related Discrimination Claim Northern Mining and NSW Energy District have made a discrimination claim against BHP and Chandler Macleod. The Union argues that both BHP and Chandler Macleod contravened the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) by excluding employees from the workplace on the basis of their race, age and physical disability. Northern Mining and[…..]
First Legal Service for Transgender People Set up The Roberta Perkins Law Project, Australia’s first trans-led legal service for trans and gender diverse people already has a sizeable client base, with people seeking advice over the government’s proposed religious discrimination legislation. Named in honour of the transgender and sex worker legal advocate who died in[…..]