Sexual Harassment At Workplace
Sexual harassment at workplace level is usually costed as the matter in front of you. The larger costs arrive afterwards and none of them appears in a budget line.
- Senior time. A single serious matter absorbs executive and HR attention for months, and that time comes out of other work.
- Turnover. Not only the person affected. Teams that watch a matter handled badly lose people quietly for a year afterwards.
- External costs. Legal advice, an external investigator, and in some cases regulator or tribunal involvement.
- Reporting confidence. The most lasting. How one matter is handled sets what the next person expects, and silence is cheaper for them than speaking.
The fourth is why the same organisation often has a quiet complaints register and a serious problem.
The Australian Human Rights Commission sets out the positive duty. This is general information rather than legal advice, and obligations vary by state and territory.
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