Podcast - Keeping workplaces free from sexual harassment and sex-based discrimination

04 December 2024

Julie Kneebone
Partner
Sparke Helmore Lawyers

Julie Kneebone
Partner
Sparke Helmore Lawyers
t: +61 2 9373 1494

Julie helps employers to implement time-critical, practical solutions to address their workplace issues. She has seen matters through to state and federal courts and commissions.

Rossana Parmegiani
Special Counsel
Sparke Helmore Lawyers

Rossana Parmegiani
Special Counsel
Sparke Helmore Lawyers
t: +61 2 9260 2531

Rossana regularly advises and represents the public and private sector on work health and safety (WHS) issues, compliance and WorkCover prosecutions. Having worked as the principal lawyer in the prosecutions branch of WorkCover NSW, Rossana understands what this regulator is striving to achieve and how to engage with it.

Welcome to the first instalment of The Proactive Workplace podcast series, which is a series exploring effective management of sexual harassment, discrimination and psychosocial risk issues, incidents and litigation.

In this instalment, Rossana Parmegiani (Special Counsel), Holly Irwin and Rupert Gillies (Associates) in our Workplace team consider changes to the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth), which impose a legal obligation on organisations and businesses in Australia to take proactive and meaningful action to prevent unlawful conduct from occurring in the workplace and in connection to work.

To listen to the podcast, you can click on this link to redirect to Sparke Helmore's podcast page on our website, or listen on Podbean through The Sparke Cast host page.

We also have a dedicated Proactive Workplace blog featuring a series of short topical articles to provide you with insights, guidance and support.

If there are issues you’d like us to explore in The Proactive Workplace podcast series or in an upcoming article, please contact Julie Kneebone.

We would like to acknowledge the contribution of Holly Irwin and Rupert Gillies.