Compliance Training Courses

Compliance training courses are structured, assessable online modules that teach Australian workers the laws, standards and workplace policies that apply to their role. A well built library covers work health and safety, sexual harassment prevention, equal employment opportunity, privacy, bullying and code of conduct, with completion records kept so an organisation can show who was trained and when.

The posts tagged here look at how to choose, roll out and refresh compliance training courses in an Australian workplace. Expect practical guidance on building an induction pathway for new starters, setting a sensible refresher cycle rather than a blanket annual tick box, tailoring content for supervisors and managers who carry extra responsibility, and reading completion data to find the teams that have quietly fallen behind.

Courses most often requested by Australian organisations include:

• Work health and safety training, which supports the duty under work health and safety law to provide information, instruction, training and supervision.
• Sexual harassment prevention training, tied to the positive duty in the Sex Discrimination Act.
• Equal employment opportunity training, covering recruitment, promotion and everyday conduct.
• Privacy training, for anyone who handles personal information as part of their job.

Training on its own does not discharge a legal obligation. Since December 2023 the Australian Human Rights Commission has been able to inquire into how organisations are meeting the positive duty under the Sex Discrimination Act, issue compliance notices and accept enforceable undertakings. Its guidance treats education as one measure among several, alongside risk assessment, visible leadership, clear reporting pathways and a proper response when something is raised. Work health and safety duties sit in state and territory legislation and differ by jurisdiction, so check what applies where your people actually work. This is general information, not legal advice.

Browse the posts below, or see the full range of compliance training courses available through Sentrient.