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Bill introduces positive duty to prevent sexual harassment
The Federal Government has introduced its much-awaited workplace sexual harassment legislation.
The Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Bill 2022 aims to implement seven legislative changes recommended in the March 2020 Respect@Work report.
The Bill would place a positive duty on employers to take reasonable and proportionate measures to eliminate sex discrimination, sexual harassment and victimisation, as far as possible.
This was recommendation 17 of the Respect@Work report, and its absence in the former Government's Respect@Work legislation was criticised by a Senate committee among other parties...
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