Stepping Up on Positive Duty of Care
Join the ACA, Parlour and the Champions of Change Architecture group for a timely conversation about cultivating workplaces in which people thrive – and the constellation of legal obligations requiring practices to do so! Our speakers include Merilyn Speiser of Catalina Consultants, Alex Small of Cox Architecture and Sonia Sarangi of andever and ArchiTeam in conversation with Jess Murphy and Justine Clark. Book now!
It’s been more than a year since the prohibition of sexual harassment in the workplace was enshrined in the Fair Work Act. This connects to an amendment to the Sex Discrimination Act in December 2022, which places a positive duty of care on employers to prevent workplace sexual harassment, sex discrimination and victimisation. Some state-based legislation also includes a positive duty – for example, under the Victoria Equal Opportunity Act 2010, organisations have a positive duty to eliminate discrimination as well as sexual harassment and victimisation. These positive duties operate concurrently with work health and safety (WHS) laws at federal, state and territory levels, which include a duty to ensure the psychological health and safety of employees and eliminate or manage psychosocial risks in the workplace.
All of this means that employers must take proactive, positive action to prevent unlawful behaviours, rather than simply responding to complaints after something has happened. This means a focus on developing workplace cultures in which harassment, discrimination and bullying cannot gain a foothold.
So, how are things going? What impact has this strengthened legislation had on workplace reform and culture? How have practices responded and what changes have they made to policies and procedures? How often are policies reviewed, how are policies shared and is training available? What does all of this mean for workplace cultures? What can we learn from each other?
WHEN & WHERE
Online, Tuesday 24 September 2024
12.30–1.30pm AEST (NSW, VIC, ACT, TAS, QLD)
12–1pm ACST (SA, NT)
10.30–11.30am AWST (WA)
TICKETS
$25 ACA members / Parlour Collective
$40 General
$11 Concession (students and anyone else who needs it)
We operate on an honesty system – select the ticket type that aligns with your circumstances.
CPD
One hour of formal CPD on completion of the CPD questions. These will be emailed the week of the event. See here for the Learning Objectives for the series as a whole.
Once the questions are completed, you will receive an email from Google forms with your responses. Please keep this – it provides the evidence of attendance and completion. Please note, separate CPD certificates will not be issued. If you can’t find the email, remember to check your spam folder and whitelist parlour@parlour.org.au in your email system.
BOOKINGS
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