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Changes to Respect@Work start with a culture review

Workplace Mediation Blog

The 2023 Industrial Relation Reforms (IRR) should be high on the priority list for all workplaces. The aim is to make workplaces more fair and equitable, which will improve employee relations and sentiment while reducing the risk of disputes and claims. New provisions in the Sex Discrimination Act​ prohibit this conduct.

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4 ways to ensure workplace music won’t land your company in court

HRExecutive

The type of music employers play at the workplace could form the basis of a sex harassment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, according to a recent decision of the Ninth Circuit in Sharp v. As the Court put it, “an employer’s status as a purported ‘equal opportunity harasser’ provides no escape hatch for liability.”