Workplace s-xual harassment remains rife, with victims just as likely to be punished as perpetrators are to face employer disciplinary action, according to new Diversity Council data.
An application to deal with a s-xual harassment dispute has been ruled invalid after the FWC found the alleged conduct a continuation of actions that began before new powers to intervene took effect.
A PSA South Australia industrial officer who claimed the union decided against extending her contract because she complained about a bullying colleague has lost her adverse action claim.
More than half of respondents to an "ethical bystander" survey witnessed s-xual or gender-based harassment in the previous 12 months, and more than a quarter several times a year, according to Unions NSW's new Ready, Willing, Unable report.
The FWC has backed Woolworths' summary sacking of a 63-year-old manager found to have s-xually harassed a 29-year-old colleague when he sent her a red lipstick kiss emoji and texted "I love you".
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.
"Serious" flaws in an employer's s-xual harassment investigation, in tandem with its expectation the worker would continue working alongside her alleged harasser, forced her to resign, the FWC has found.
