Despite "significant legislative and policy change" over the last decade, "pregnancy, breastfeeding and family responsibilities discrimination remain high and barriers to sharing care persist", the Human Rights Commission says in a new report that pushes for further legislative amendments.
Western Australia's Cook Government is seeking to repeal and replace the state's 40-year-old equal opportunity regime, introducing a positive duty to eliminate unlawful conduct, obligations to make reasonable adjustments and protections against discrimination on the grounds of 23 attributes.
Teal independent Allegra Spender has introduced a Bill to remove exemptions that allow religious education institutions to lawfully discriminate against students and workers, which she says gives the Albanese Government a chance to deliver on its 2022 election promise.
Victoria's imminent restrictions on non-disclosure agreements might help curb workplace s-xual harassment secrecy, but an expert says their ultimate success hinges on lawyers abandoning an "entrenched culture" around settlements.
Large employers are set to gain an extra 12 months to bed down new "genuine and measurable" gender equality targets before they have to identify fresh ones and start the next three-year reporting cycle.
Working from home arrangements have been a big success in the Australian Public Service, with a mere handful of disputes about flexible work requests, the CPSU has told a Senate inquiry into a bill aimed at enshrining WFH rights.
The Victorian Government's new bill that restricts the use of non-disclosure agreements in settlements of workplace sexual harassment cases will enable workers to terminate them after a year, with just seven days notice.
The NT Anti-Discrimination Commission has warned that the Finocchiaro Government's legislation that reinstates the exemption for religious schools to discriminate in employment could lead to LGBTQ+ workers, women and workers of other faiths facing disciplinary action or dismissal.
