Positive duty guidance materials for employers
Resources to help organisations and businesses understand their responsibilities to satisfy the positive duty in the Sex Discrimination Act.
Summary
These resources provide more information and guidance about how organisations and businesses can eliminate workplace sexual harassment, sex discrimination, sexist conduct and related victimisation and take steps to satisfy the positive duty in the Sex Discrimination Act.
Guidelines on how to satisfy the positive duty
The Guidelines for complying with the positive duty under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (2023) are the Commission’s most comprehensive legal resource on the positive duty. They provide guidance on what the positive duty is, the unlawful behaviours it covers, and include the Standards that the Commission expects organisations and businesses to meet.
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Guidelines for complying with the positive duty under the Sex Discrimination Act (2023)
The Guidelines provide information on and examples of practical actions that organisations and businesses can take to help them satisfy the positive duty.
Information guide on workplace sexual harassment, sex discrimination, sexist conduct and related victimisation
The Information Guide on the positive duty under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (2023) is a companion to the Guidelines. It provides more detail on workplace sexual harassment, sex discrimination, sexist conduct and related victimisation covered by the positive duty in the Sex Discrimination Act.
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Information Guide on the positive duty under the Sex Discrimination Act (2023)
The Information Guide is designed to educate organisations and businesses about the relevant unlawful conduct covered by the positive duty, including workplace sexual harassment, sex discrimination, sexist conduct and related victimisation.
Quick guide on how to satisfy the positive duty
The primary focus of A Quick Guide for Complying with the Positive Duty under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (2023) is to summarise the actions that organisations and businesses can take to satisfy the positive duty. It is a condensed summary of the Guidelines and the Information Guide.
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A Quick Guide for complying with the positive duty under the Sex Discrimination Act (2023)
The Quick Guide is a summary of the Guidelines and the Information Guide
Easy Read Version
Our Quick Guide is also available as an Easy Read version developed with the with the Council for Intellectual Disability.
Small business resource
A Resource for Small Business on the Positive Duty under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (2023) is designed for small businesses, providing a simple overview of the positive duty, who it applies to and examples to support understanding and action.
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A resource for small business on the positive duty under the Sex Discrimination Act (2023)
This resource includes a brief outline of the positive duty, who it applies to and who it covers.
All easy read guides
These guides talk about the positive duty in an easy to read format.
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Guides about the positive duty - easy read (2023)
These easy read guides were made with the Council for Intellectual Disability.
Want to learn more?
We also have a range of resources about the positive duty, including fact sheets, posters and case studies available.
