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Welcome to Workplace Matters, your online resource for all things employment and safety.

On this page you will find our latest thinking in the form of alerts, publications, articles, opinions and podcasts. With our insights all in the one place, we aim to make it as easy as possible to find what you are looking for to support you in how you do business every day.

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20 January 2025 | Where does your workplace lie on the roadmap to eliminate racism?

The Australian Human Rights Commission has made its goal clear: to eliminate all forms of racism in Australia.
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4 December 2024 | Podcast - Keeping workplaces free from sexual harassment and sex-based discrimination

Welcome to the first instalment of The Proactive Workplace podcast series, discussing steps organisations can take to prevent unlawful conduct.
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14 October 2024 | A step in a positive direction: evidence-based measures to fulfil your positive duty

We examine Comcare's research on the effectiveness of common measures to prevent or eliminate sexual harassment.
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30 September 2024 | A step in a positive direction: compliance with the Positive Duty under the Sex Discrimination Act

Under changes to the Act, Australian employers now have a positive duty to take reasonable measures to eliminate sexual harassment and sexual discrimination within their organisations.
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12 September 2024 | Balancing religious freedom and anti-discrimination: insights from the ALRC report

The ALRC has put forward eleven recommendations aimed at harmonising religious freedoms in educational institutions with anti-discrimination protections.
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23 August 2024 | Owners Corporation, strata manager and business convicted under the WHS Act

In one of the first prosecutions of its kind, an owners corporation of an industrial complex, a strata manager and a business within the industrial complex have all been separately prosecuted and fined for breaching the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW).
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22 August 2024 | Management of psychosocial hazards in the workplace

With the increasing prevalence of these issues, there is a growing societal emphasis on the importance of better managing psychological hazards in the workplace.
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31 July 2024 | Two significant cases - Anti-Discrimination NSW and the Australian Human Rights Commission

We examine two recent significant cases, which provide learnings from the Federal and State perspective.
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17 July 2024 | Redundancy - the test for "other acceptable employment"?

The question of whether an acceptable alternative employment has been obtained by an employer for an employee is determined on facts and evidence before the FWC.
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