We all know the consequences that can occur within organisations when people don’t feel safe and supported to speak up about concerns they have. Notwithstanding this, the fear of speaking up in our workplaces is still very real.
Bystander Intervention Approach
This quote from the AHRC’s Respect@Work Inquiry report encapsulates the entire report. The reactive model of relying on individuals to make a complaint of sexual harassment has truly failed (and continues to do so).
Workplace Sexual Harassment is not inevitable
This quote from the AHRC’s Respect@Work Inquiry report encapsulates the entire report. The reactive model of relying on individuals to make a complaint of sexual harassment has truly failed (and continues to do so).
How to be an Active Bystander
Being an active bystander is a huge emerging area in Australia now and it’s very effective and very powerful. Karen Maher shares some practical tips around what you can do.
Historic day for Western Australia
Today marks a historic day for Western Australia, as their work health and safety (WHS) laws have finally been modernised in WA.
Active Workplace Bystander Training For Leaders
Haslin Constructions are leaders in their industry and are pushing to continually improve, this time learning and planning around ‘Workplace Bystanders’. This organisation has strong, caring and authentic leaders who showed genuine commitment to this project.
Consent Education: A Huge Win
One year after Chanel Contos launched her consent education petition — there has been unanimous commitment from all education ministers that school curriculums will implement ‘holistic and age appropriate consent education’ in Australian school curriculums from 2023
Workplace psychological safety course for leaders
This 2.5 hour leadership program focuses
on how to identify psychological safety risks
and how to put a stop to poor, unsafe & disrespectful behaviours.
It’s Time For Change In The Mining Industry
“A systemic culture of bullying, unacceptably high levels of sexism and sexual harassment plaguing employees” – revelations from a Report into Workplace Culture at mining Corporation Rio Tinto.
Rio Tinto are now showing a commitment to transparency and appear to be taking action to strengthen their culture and eliminate bullying & harassment.
Relying on individual complaints has failed
This quote from the AHRC’s Respect@Work Inquiry report encapsulates the entire report. The reactive model of relying on individuals to make a complaint of sexual harassment has truly failed (and continues to do so).