Target Audience

Human Resources, People and Culture, Executive Team, Senior Managers and CEOs. 

 

Overview

Now more than ever, there is a public push for the elimination of sexual harassment and bullying in the workplace. The recent changes to the Federal Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) making sexual harassment fall within the definition of serious misconduct sends a strong message, to all jurisdictions, that conduct of such nature must be dealt with seriously. 

It is important for human resource professionals to have a solid understanding of what constitutes sexual harassment, how the complaints should be handled, when complaints should be reported to authorities, and what support can be offered to complainants. 

This session discusses the importance of the employers’ and senior officers’ role in taking a proactive approach to preventing and eliminating sexual harassment in their workplace, and when a complaint is made how to handle investigations sensitively. 

 

Key Learnings

• Recognising sexual harassment in its different forms
• Understanding the effects and impact of sexual harassment
• Complaint handling and disciplinary process
• Providing support to complainants and victims of sexual harassment 
• Obligations under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (Cth)
• Sexual discrimination complaints under the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (SA)

 

Facilitator

Sathish Dasan, Principal – Employment and Industrial Relations, Governance – Norman Waterhouse Lawyers
Sathish is the Principal in charge of the Norman Waterhouse Employment & Industrial Relations, Insurance, and Governance & Regulatory teams. Sathish has been named as one of Australia’s leading lawyers in Doyle’s Legal Guide for the last ten years and has earned a reputation as one of South Australia’s pre-eminent specialists in the respective fields of industrial relations, local government and administrative law.

Additional Information

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