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Positive duty fact sheets and other resources

Access fact sheets, posters, case studies and practical resources about the positive duty obligations in the Sex Discrimination Act for employers and

Employment and workplace Fact Sheet

Fact sheets

These fact sheets will assist businesses and organisations to understand and take action to satisfy the positive duty in the Sex Discrimination Act. 

Download Fact sheet: What is the positive duty?

Fact sheet: What is the positive duty?

This fact sheet provides a brief summary of what the positive duty is, what it covers and how organisations and businesses can satisfy it.

Download Fact sheet: Steps to meet the positive duty

Fact sheet: Steps to meet the positive duty

This fact sheet briefly summarises the positive duty framework, including the Standards and Guiding Principles organisations and businesses are expected to meet.

Download Fact sheet: Fact sheet for workers

Fact sheet for workers

This fact sheet briefly summarises what sexual harassment or sexist behaviour may look like at work and how the Australian Human Rights Commission can help.

Download Fact sheet: Seeking support - counselling and support services

Fact sheet: Seeking support - counselling and support services

This fact sheet provides a list of free and confidential counselling and other support services.

Download Fact sheet: Effective consultation and the positive duty

Fact sheet: Effective consultation and the positive duty

This fact sheet provides a summary of one of the positive duty's Guiding Principles: consultation.

Download Fact sheet: Person-centred and trauma-informed approaches to safe and respectful workplaces

Fact sheet: Person-centred and Trauma-informed Approaches to Safe and Respectful Workplaces

This fact sheet provides a summary of one of the positive duty's Guiding Principles: person-centred and trauma-informed.

Download Fact sheet: Causes and risk factors of sexual harassment, sex discrimination and other unlawful behaviours

Fact sheet: Causes and risk factors of sex discrimination, sexual harassment and other unlawful behaviours

This fact sheet briefly summarises the underlying causes, as well as specific industry and workplace risk factors for behaviours covered by the positive duty.

Download Fact sheet: Effective education and training

Fact sheet: Effective education and training

This fact sheet provides a brief summary on the design and delivery of effective education and training to prevent and respond to unlawful behaviours.

Posters

Organisations and businesses can share these posters in their workplaces and with their workers.

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Poster: Positive duty in Sex Discrimination Act

A range of posters on the positive duty in the Sex Discrimination Act.

Case studies

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