Corporate Australia is coming under renewed pressure to release its staff and former staff from non-disclosure agreements, so they can be free to make submissions to the current national inquiry into workplace sexual harassment. Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins wrote…
A recent case before the Fair Work Commission highlights the vulnerability of young workers to sexual harassment from older supervisors or managers. Peter Angelakos was sacked as duty manager of a Coles store in Queensland after a staggering 39 separate…
Submissions to the first national inquiry into workplace sexual harassment have revealed that the problem is rife, and that complaints are ignored or poorly handled. Australians from a range professions, including scientists, police and lawyers, have already made submissions and…
Barnaby Joyce has been described as "a politician who habitually refuses to take responsibility for his own actions" in a scathing article written by farmer Peter Mailler. Maillier is a livestock and grain farmer based in New South Wales, and…
Disgraced comedian Louis C.K. has made a controversial comeback by cracking jokes about his own sexual harassment scandal during a show in California recently. “I like to jerk off, and I don’t like being alone,” the comic joked to a…
Public servants who want to give evidence to the current national workplace sexual harassment inquiry are facing an extra hurdle imposed by the Secretaries Board. The board has told workers who have signed a non-disclosure agreement relating to a sexual…
A new survey conducted by the United Nations has found that one third of its workers have experienced sexual harassment in the past two years. The survey of more than 30,000 UN staff and contractors was conducted by Deloitte in…
Telstra is facing legal action after a former worker accused her boss of sexual harassment and sex discrimination. The woman, who worked as a contractor, says her boss David Coli made inappropriate comments and sent her sexually charged messages. Documents…
LGBTIQ workers and students have been asked to share their experiences of sexual harassment in a new survey that will inform a national inquiry into the issue. The survey is being conducted by the LGBTIQ Legal Service, which is part…
Renowned astrophysicist and television presenter Neil deGrasse Tyson will be investigated by the Fox and National Geographic Networks after multiple women came forward and accused him of sexual misconduct. Both networks say they have only recently become aware of the…