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Minorities to have bigger say under Positive Duty regime: Rio Tinto

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... especially for minorities, delegates at the ACSI conference heard last Thursday. Kate Jenkins, the former Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner; Christine O'Reilly, non-executive director at BHP; and Kellie Parker, chief executive for Australia ...

AI poses serious governance risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... the report was released. Examples of how AI systems can hurt people include serious breaches of privacy, unlawful discrimination and reputational harm. At a group level, AI systems could widen social inequality, displace jobs and be used for political ...

Boards not ready for new workplace laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... 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. Research from the Australian Institute of Company ...

Podcast: New sex harassment laws - Anna Cody

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... much the same way as physical risk - meaning workplaces can be held liable for sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination, and investigations can be made regardless of whether a complaint has been filed. In this podcast, FS Sustainability Senior ...

Gender pay gap a key diversity metric: FSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... highlight a company's level/commitment to gender diversity and a large pay gap "may point to underlying gender discrimination, or unconscious bias against women in the organisation," FSI said. "It is one data point that you would use to look at the ...

Property investor GPT joins advanced RAP cohort

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... with First Nations staff and advisors, as well as non-Indigenous team members and leaders to support their anti-discrimination initiatives. Reconciliation Australia chief executive officer Karen Mundine commented: "I congratulate the GPT Group on its ...

ACCC approves Origin Energy bid on renewable grounds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... vertical foreclosure of Origin's rivals through its control of AusNet, concerns remain regarding the potential for discrimination that is subtle and difficult to detect," Cass-Gottlieb said. "This includes discrimination that would favour Origin but ...

Legal changes put sexual harassment on par with workplace safety

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... they manage physical risk - meaning that companies would be held liable for sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination in the workplace. Further, the government's Respect@Work positive duty suggests remuneration as a mechanism to correct deviant ...

HESTA releases 2023 AGM hit list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... composition for the low-carbon transition. The fund will also engage to address the gender pay gap, workplace culture, discrimination, and gender imbalance in leadership, with a goal for gender balance in ASX 300 leadership structures, including boards ...

How investors manage risk in a new AI world

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... key risk and regulatory questions for generative AI including intellectual property, data privacy and security, discrimination, product liability, trust, and identity. Emma Pringle, head of ESG and portfolio manager at Maple-Brown Abbott, considers this ...
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