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Boards not ready for new workplace laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... workplace sexual harassment laws when they come into force this week. From 12 December, the Australian Human Rights Commission will enforce the Positive Duty under the Sex Discrimination Act, requiring companies to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. ...

Assessing the risks of psychosocial safety

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... well protected, ensuring there is a fair process, procedural justice," Gutierrez added. The Australian Human Rights Commission resolves complaints through an informal process of conciliation. "There is a shift towards more informal intervention and prevention," ...

Companies failing harassment victims: ACSI

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... AMP Capital in Australia. Kate Jenkins, Australian sex discrimination commissioner for the Australian Human Rights Commission, said Szlakowski's story highlights several of the systematic failures to properly address sexual harassment that exist ...

Guide to assist financial sector in Modern Slavery risk management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... take a rigorous and systematic approach to assessing risks, according to KPMG. KPMG and the Australian Human Rights commission have launched Financial Services and Modern Slavery: Practical responses to managing risks to people, a guide to help the sector ...

Business has role to play in protecting human rights: Gillian Triggs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... role in the protection of human rights, according to Gillian Triggs, former president of the Australian Human Rights Commission. Gillian Triggs, former president of the Australian Human Rights Commission Triggs gave a keynote speech at the UN Global ...

ACSI finalist for 2018 Human Rights Business Award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... Business Award. Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO The Human Rights Business Award is adjudicated by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). "Australian companies are exposed to human rights risks through their supply chains and overseas operations. Investors ...

Australian Human Rights Commission, LexisNexis launch RightsApp

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
The Australian Human Rights Commission and LexisNexis have developed RightsApp, a searchable mobile application for information on international human rights conventions and declarations. RightsApp contains text of international human rights treaties ...

ACCSR: Companies lack strategies to manage human rights risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... but lack clear strategies and processes to take action, according to new research from the Australian Human Rights Commission, Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR) and the Global Compact Network Australia. Leeora Black, managing ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... non-government organisations, including the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) and the Australian Human Rights Commission, have found that the mandatory, prolonged, indefinite, and nonreviewable nature of detention at asylum seeker ...
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