Complete the Positive Duty Form
Report concerns about organisations or businesses not meeting their positive duty obligations under the Sex Discrimination Act to advance workplace equality.
Support is available
People who experience or witness workplace sexual harassment, sex discrimination or other harmful behaviours may feel distressed.
Support is available and you can access free and confidential counselling and support services.
Submit a concern to us
You can complete the form and tell us about an organisation or business you think is not complying with the positive duty. You can also tell us about an organisation or business where you have experienced or seen sexual harassment, sexist behaviour, sex discrimination or related victimisation in connection with work.
What will we do with your information?
When we get your information in the completed Positive Duty Form:
- we will analyse it
- we will use it to inform our inquiries into organisations and businesses
- we will use it to decide where to focus our resources to bring about cultural change
See our Compliance and Enforcement Policy for more information about how we make our decisions.
We aim to keep the information you provide to us in this form confidential, but there are circumstances where it may be necessary for us to disclose information, including personal information, for example to carry out our statutory functions or where disclosure is required by law. Our PDT Privacy Collection Notice and our Privacy Policy set out how we collect and use the personal information you disclose to us.
What will we not do with your information?
When we get your information in the completed Positive Duty Form:
- we won’t act on your behalf to resolve individual disputes
- we won’t contact you or respond, unless we need further information from you, and only if you have provided consent.
Are you in the right place?
The Commission also inquires into and conciliates complaints about discrimination and breaches of human rights. This is different to completing this Positive Duty Form.
Make a complaint about discrimination or human rights breaches.
Need help or more support?
If you can’t use the Positive Duty Form yourself, or you would like to know the difference between our positive duty and complaints functions, you can call the Commission’s Respect@Work Information Service by:
Phone: 1300 656 419 (Option1)
TTY: 1800 620 241 (toll free)
Translating and Interpreting Service: 131 450
National Relay Service (NRS): If you are d/Deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech/communication difficulty please contact the NRS by:
Step 1 - Contact NRS through your preferred NRS call channel detailed on NRS call numbers and links.
Step 2 - Provide the NRS with our phone number (1300 369 711)
Video: Respect@Work Information Service
More on how workplace can meet the positive duty?
We also have a range of resources to support employers to satisfy the positive duty in the Sex Discrimination Act.
