Resources

Guidance materials on how to comply with the Positive Duty

A summary

• A Quick Guide for Complying with the Positive Duty under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth), Australian Human Rights Commission, August 2023
  • Arabic version
  • Chinese Simplified version
  • Chinese Traditional version
  • Greek version
  • Italian version
  • Punjabi version
  • Vietnamese version

Detailed Guidelines

• Guidelines for Complying with the Positive Duty under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984, Australian Human Rights Commission, August 2023

Information Guide: explains the problem the Positive Duty is trying to solve

• Information Guide on the Positive Duty under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth): Relevant Unlawful Conduct, Drivers, Risk Factors and Impacts, Australian Human Rights Commission, August 2023 
  

Guidelines for small businesses

• A Resource for Small Business on the Positive Duty under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth), Australian Human Rights Commission, August 2023
  

Easy Read Guide

• An Easy Read Guide about the Positive Duty , Australian Human Rights Commission and the Council for Intellectual Disability, n.d. 
  

Factsheets on how to comply with the Positive Duty

• What is the Positive Duty?
  • Arabic version
  • Chinese Simplified version
  • Chinese Tradional version
  • Greek version
  • Italian version
  • Punjabi version
  • Vietnamese version
• Steps to meet the Positive Duty
• Causes and Risk Factors of Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Other Unlawful Behaviours
• Effective Education and Training
• Effective consultation and the positive duty
• Person-centred and Trauma-informed Approaches to Safe and Respectful Workplaces
• Seeking Support - Counselling and Support Services

Posters for your workplace

• "Everyone has the right to feel safe and respected at work" (poster for your workplace)
  • web version
  • print version
• "Sexual harassment & sexist behaviour will not be tolerated"  (poster for customer and client facing businesses and  organisations) (short version)
  • web version
  • print version
• "The law has changed: sexual harassment & sexist behaviour will not be tolerated"  (poster for customer and client facing businesses and organisations) (long version)
  • web version
  • print version

• Time for respect: Fifth National Survey on Sexual Harassment in Australian workplaces, Australian Human Rights Commission, 30 November 2022
• Set the Standard: Report on the Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces, Australian Human Rights Commission, November 2021
• Equality across the board: Investing in workplaces that work for everyone, Australian Human Rights Commission, June 2021
• Change the Routine: Report on the Independent Review into Gymnastics in Australia, Australian Human Rights Commission, 2021
  
• Everyone's business: Survey on sexual harassment of members of the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association, Australian Human Rights Commission, 2019
  
• Independent Review of residential colleges at the University of New England: Final Report, Australian Human Rights Commission, May 2019
• Guidelines for the promotion of equal opportunity for women and girls in golf, Australian Human Rights Commission, Golf Australia and R&A, March 2019
  
• Unleashing the power of gender equality: priorities of Kate Jenkins Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner, November 2017
• Change the course: National Report on Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment at Australian Universities, Australian Human Rights Commission, 2017
• A conversation in gender equality, Australian Human Rights Commission, March 2017

• Independent Review into Workplace Culture at EY Oceania, Elizabeth Broderick & Co., 2023

• Everyone’s business: Survey on sexual harassment of members of the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association, Australian Human Rights Commission, 2019
  
• Gendered disrespect and inequality in retail work: A summary of findings, University of Sydney Business School and Australian National University, 2022
• "Just another day in retail": Understanding and addressing workplace sexual harassment in the Australian retail industry, ANROWS Research Report, Issue 4, June 2024