In brief - In January 2021, Safe Work Australia released guidance materials addressing sexual harassment, workplace violence and aggression to assist employers to ensure that the workplace is free from sexual harassment, violence and aggression.
Sexual harassment
Safe Work Australia has defined sexual harassment as any unwelcome sexual advance, unwelcome request for sexual favours or other unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature, in circumstances where a reasonable person, having regard to all the circumstances, would anticipate the possibility that the person harassed would be offended, humiliated or intimidated.
Court decision - sexual harassment
The Full Federal Court has recently ordered an employer solicitor to pay damages to his former employee, plus costs, for sexual harassment at work, that the solicitor described as romantic conduct, like Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice. The conduct, which involved a number of sexual advances and sexual harassment, was found to
