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Class linked to experience of inclusion at work: DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
People who self-identified as coming from lower class backgrounds experience more exclusion, discrimination and harassment at work than people from higher classes, according to research from Diversity Council Australia (DCA). DCA recently released Class ...

Sexual harassment a potential investment, financial risk in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... rights issues rising on the agenda for companies and their investors, non-governmental organisations are flagging sexual harassment in garment factories as a source of risk, both in terms of productivity losses and reputational risks for major brands ...

Climate change, modern slavery on ESG engagement agenda: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... and cybersecurity, and bribery and corruption risk will also be issues under consideration for Ausbil, plus sexual harassment in workplaces. "Sexual harassment - that's one of the things that factories audits rarely pick up on," Carlsson-Sweeney noted. ...

Employees in more inclusive workplaces report higher job satisfaction: DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... Annese also added that the index found that more than one in five Australian workers experienced discrimination or harassment last year alone (22%), with 38% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, Australians with a disability (34%) and Australians ...

DCA sets agenda for diversity and inclusion in 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... underrepresented" in leadership in Australian organisations, and DCA also pointed to continuing problems of discrimination and harassment at work as an ngoing problem. DCA is in the process of conducting research into how gender, cultural identity and ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... health and safety, wages and working conditions, freedom of association and collective bargaining, and discrimination, harassment, physical and sexual violence. Those risks have been highlighted by recent tragedies such as the Rana Plaza textile factory ...

ANZ files report for United Nations Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... within the human rights policy and commitments to "ensure fair and safe working conditions, eliminate discrimination and harassment, improve employee engagement, promote freedom of association, and eliminate all forms of child, forced or compulsory labour." ...

Westpac targets 40 percent women in senior management by 2014

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... We also ensure they have documented workforce diversity objectives - and equal opportunity and anti-discrimination, harassment and bullying policies." Westpac has been named named one of 98 "employers of choice for women" by the Equal Opportunity for ...
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