The Positive Duty Checklist
for large businesses and organisations
(over 200 employees)
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Check where your business is located on the journey to compliance
What is the new Positive Duty?
The Australian Government has amended its Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth). The Act now places a Positive Duty on employers to eradicate the following from their workplaces:
- sex discrimination
- sexual harassment
- sex-based harassment
- conduct that amounts to subjecting a person to a hostile work environment on the grounds of sex
- victimisation.
What is the objective?
The objective of this change in the law is to achieve workplace gender equality by ensuring that workplaces are safe, respectful and inclusive.
Does every business have to comply?
Yes. Regardless of the size or resources of your business, you must satisfy the Positive Duty. Even sole traders need to comply.
Can you be forced to comply?
Yes. The Australian Government has given the Australian Human Rights Commission new powers to ensure that employers comply with the Positive Duty. The Commission can now:
- investigate an employer's compliance with the Positive Duty
- issue compliance notices or enter into enforceable undertakings
- apply to the Federal Courts for an order to force an employer to comply.
How can the Positive Duty Checklist help you?
The checklist is designed to help you work out how you are travelling on the journey to comply with The Positive Duty.
It uses key benchmarks to help you assess:
- your current level of risk
- how your business or organisation is going in terms achieving key the benchmarks required to achieve compliance.
Get the checklist now
The Positive Duty Checklist
for large businesses and organisations (over 200 employees)
Every employer in Australia needs to take a good look under the hood and ensure they are addressing the problem of workplace inequality by attacking the problem on three levels: culture, structure and systems (including policies and processes).
Dr Genevieve Burnett
