Employers that have gender diversity goals, yet make simple mistakes when trying to achieve them, risk major setbacks in their progress, says diversity expert Karen Morley.
Five characteristics of good leaders make it imperative to ensure more women reach senior positions in organisations, says experienced board member Anna Booth.
A summit has recommended gender diversity targets - and short timeframes - to address the paucity of women in senior leadership roles, and warns that if these measures fail, "quotas could be just over the horizon".
One of the challenges employers face when it comes to age discrimination is that "you're always going to be discriminating against one age group or another", says Clayton Utz lawyer Stuart Pill.
The ASX guidelines on gender diversity reporting are likely to spark a new war for talent, necessitating a critical focus on engaging and retaining senior women, even in private organisations, says diversity expert Dr Karen Morley.
Fair Work Australia's "landmark" equal remuneration ruling will pave the way for gender-based arguments to increase minimum pay in some modern awards, according to Lander & Rogers lawyers Daniel Proietto and Patrizia Mercuri.
A leadership program that helps managers and teams to overcome the "intangible barrier" of unconscious bias is a fundamental component of National Australia Bank's gender-equity strategy, says its head of group diversity and inclusion Neil Cockroft.
Employers' commitment to gender equity is "heavier on rhetoric than action", but with the Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner calling for 40 per cent of senior positions to be filled by women within five years, corporate Australia is "on notice", says AHRI national president Peter Wilson.
Workplace sexual-harassment policies could be subject to new scrutiny under upcoming equal opportunity legislation, according to lawyers from DLA Phillips Fox.
Understanding what is happening on the claimant's side will help employers make the right decisions when faced with a serious harassment complaint, says Harmers Workplace Lawyers chair, Michael Harmer.
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