In Australia, one in five workers over 15 years of age has experienced workplace sexualharassmentover the past five years. One quarter are women and one in six are men. Regardless of the gender of the target, perpetrators are most commonly men. Anational inquirywas launched last week to in...
In Australia, one in five workers over 15 years of age has experienced workplace sexualharassmentover the past five years. One quarter are women and one in six are men. Regardless of the gender of the target, perpetrators are most commonly men. Anational inquirywas launched last week to in...
However sexual harassment still remains a prevalent issue in Australian workplaces, with just over one in five people in Australia in 2012 experiencing sexual harassment, as defined in the SDA.鹿 As the SDA nears its 30th anniversary, it is timely to consider the history and evolution of the ...
Same Sex Harassment: Sexual harassment is usually associated making unwelcome or uninvited advances to another employee of opposite gender. For example a male employee sexually harassing a female employee or a female employee harassing a male employee. But in certain cases it is seen that an employe...
This influx of accusations led to shattered reputations, resignations, terminations, and, in some cases,multi-million dollar sexual harassment lawsuits. One of the most high-profile cases is the lawsuit filed by several women against the Weinstein Company. In their filing, the women argue that the...
Our reputation has reached far and wide, having conducted investigations across the UK, Europe and USA, and responding to complex allegations in areas such as: Complex staff misconduct Sexual harassment and bullying Fraud Regulatory non-compliance ...
Nonetheless, in-depth interviews with trans employees also reveal the high extent of interpersonal discrimination that they experience. These experiences range from outright physical threats and verbal harassment (Budge et al., 2010; Nadal et al., 2012) to more subtle stressors, such as being the...
in the workplace has increased, instances of bullying have increased alongside it – Safe Work Australia gathered data that demonstrated that workplace injuries related to bullying and harassment have nearly doubled in Australia over the past decade. If you’ve experienced bullying in the workplace...
Shockingly, over one in ten UK adults (13% of women and 9% of men) say they have experienced harassment or bullying, which has caused increased stress. Note: You are welcome to use this image (above) –the top 10 causes of stress in the UK– as it has been released under the Attri...
Despite longstanding and explicit legal frameworks for preventing and responding to sexual harassment, only a small proportion of those sexually harassed use legal avenues of redress to seek justice. In contrast to legal cases which constitute the 'tip of the iceberg', this study examines extra-lega...