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Disability Rights
1 May 2024Webpage
Creating an accessible and inclusive induction
Practical steps to create an accessible and inclusive induction for employees with disability from before they start and beyond. -
26 September 2019Conciliation register
2018-04-01
<p>The complainant was employed as a construction supervisor with the respondent construction company and has depression arising from a work-related injury. He alleged the company did not accommodate his disability and ultimately made his position redundant. He also alleged a manager referred to his time off work due to his disability as “a holiday” at a supervisors’ meeting.</p> -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageInformation concerning Australia and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) (2010)
Recommendation 2: That the proposed Joint Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights be empowered to make recommendations in relation to the implementation of ICERD Committee Concluding Observations. -
Disability Rights
6 May 2024Webpage
IncludeAbility Senior Leadership Forum 2023
Learn about the second IncludeAbility Senior Leadership Forum held in Sydney on 16 March 2023 by The Australian Human Rights Commission. -
8 December 2020Book page
Part 5: Thriving communities and sustainable economies
Discover how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls face barriers when accessing education and employment and how this is being addressed. -
14 December 2012Book page
3. Setting the Scene - Children in Immigration Detention
I want to tell you that actually I spent about fifteen nights in the ride to Australia. I was in a small boat if you want to call that a boat, because it was smaller than that, with lots of difficulties. When I saw [we were] getting near Australia I was becoming a little bit hopeful. When we passed Darwin I got to the detention centre as soon as I looked at these barbed wires my mind was full of fear. That was the time that I experienced fear ... -
Sex Discrimination
17 January 2019Media ReleaseWorkplace Sexual Harassment Inquiry - Call for limited waiver of NDAs
<p>Former Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Kate Jenkins, is calling on Australian employers to issue a limited waiver of confidentiality obligations in non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) for the purpose of allowing people to make a confidential submission to the National Inquiry into Workplace Sexual Harassment (the National Inquiry).</p> <p>The National Inquiry, supported by Government, is examining the experiences of workplace sexual harassment, its causes, impacts, the effectiveness of the legal framework, and best practice responses.</p> -
Commission – General
5 September 2022WebpageSenate File Listing: 1 January 2022 – 30 June 2022
<p><strong>Senate File List for the Australian Human Rights Commission for 1 January 2022 – 30 June 2022.</strong></p> <p><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="a5f1869d-7bf4-4da0-b692-c0495a2629ee" href="/our-work/commission-general/senate-file-listing-1-july-2021-31-december-2021">&lt; See previous</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> -
13 December 2019Conciliation register
2018-10-04
<p>The complainant has epilepsy and was a graduate nurse with the respondent public health service. She said she had a seizure before commencing employment. She said the health service’s occupational physician&nbsp;declared her fit for duties so long as she was not placed on night-shift or back-to-back shifts. The complainant claimed the health service told her that the restrictions could not be accommodated in her proposed rotations and therefore allocated her to one ward for her entire graduate year.</p> -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2007 - Chapter 3: The Northern Territory 'Emergency Response' intervention
On 21 June 2007, the Australian Government announced a ‘national emergency response to protect Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory’ from sexual abuse and family violence.[1] This has become known as the ‘NT intervention’ or the ‘Emergency Response’. The catalyst for the measures was the release of Report of the Northern Territory Board of Inquiry into the Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse, titled Ampe Akelyernemane Meke Mekarle: ‘Little Children are Sacred’. -
14 January 2021Conciliation register
2019-05-03
<p>The complainant is 52 years of age and applied for an overseas position as an English teacher. She alleged the respondent company did not progress her application because it considered she would be unlikely to secure a visa due to her age.</p> <p>The company claimed the decision not to hire the complainant was based on merit and suitability for the role.</p> -
Rights and Freedoms
4 February 2019SpeechRoles, responsibilities and challenges
<h2>The Australian Human Rights Commission—roles, responsibilities and challenges</h2> <p><strong>Supreme and Federal Court Judges’ Conference 2019</strong><br><strong>Hobart, 22 January 2019</strong></p> <p>Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM</p> <p>[Professor Croucher spoke to this paper]</p> <h3>Introduction</h3> <p>I begin my presentation by acknowledging the traditional custodians of this land, and pay my respect to the elders, past, present, and emerging.</p> <p>Thank you Justice Pearce for your warm introduction.</p> -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Submission to National Human Rights Consultation (2009)
The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) welcomes the opportunity to make this submission to the National Human Rights Consultation (the Consultation). -
Disability Rights
30 April 2024Webpage
‘Meet the Experts’ Video Campaign
Understand the skills, knowledge and experience that Australians with disability bring to their workplaces. -
Disability Rights
18 December 2023News story
Webinar: Lessons from disability employment project IncludeAbility
<h2><strong>The IncludeAbility pilot programs</strong></h2> <p><strong>How can we reimagine disability employment in Australia, to the benefit of individuals, organisations, and the wider community?</strong>&nbsp;</p> <p>Watch this webinar, delivered in November 2023, to learn about the Australian Human Rights Commission’s successful IncludeAbility disability employment project, and how the insights gained can pave the way for a better future.&nbsp;</p> -
Rights and Freedoms
9 July 2019Publication
Factsheet: Guide to the protections for freedom of religion (2019)
There are a number of protections for freedom of religion in Australian law. At the federal level, a person may make a complaint to the Australian Human Rights Commission or to the Fair Work Commission about discrimination on the basis of religion that occurs in the context of employment. -
Commission – General
15 March 2024Speech
Australian Human Rights Commission’s complaint handling jurisdiction
<h2>Civil Justice Research Conference 2019&nbsp;</h2><h2>Macquarie University, Sydney</h2><p><strong>Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM&nbsp;</strong></p><p>[<em>Professor Croucher spoke to this paper</em>]</p> -
Rights and Freedoms
3 September 2021Webpage
Human rights considerations for vaccine passports and certificates
Learn how vaccine passports are more likely to be consistent with human rights principles when they are used as a tool to improve public health outcomes. -
Disability Rights
6 May 2024Webpage
FAQs about disability and employment
Frequently asked questions and their answers disability - for employers and people with disability. -
Disability Rights
6 May 2024Webpage
IncludeAbility Evaluation
An independent evaluation by the Centre for Social Impact at Swinburne University of the IncludeAbility Project 2020-2023 to assess its effectiveness