sexual harassment

“Don’t read the comments”: women journalists harassed out of a job

Date Published: 09/12/2022
Category: Women To The Front

A report from the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) states that more than a third of female journalists have experienced online harassment, trolling and stalking while doing their job. But only 15 per cent are aware of a workplace policy to address such online abuse.

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2022/12/09/dont-read-the-comments-women-journalists-harassed-out-of-a-job/

Honey Birdette: Selling empowerment, trading in sexism

Date Published: 01/03/2022
Category: On The Job

Claudia believes Honey Birdette needs to be held to the standards they themselves have sold to the public.

“They say they are still empowering women by providing a safe place to shop for their products. They’re less about empowering women, more about empowering women to buy their products.”

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2022/03/01/honey-birdette-selling-empowerment-trading-in-sexism/

Another dark side of insecure work: The scourge of sexual harassment in insecure workplaces

Date Published: 21/10/2021
Category: Work Health and Safety

We know that insecure work can have several poor economic outcomes for workers. However, what is rarely talked about is the how safety issues, like sexual harassment, are often compounded by these exploitative business models.  A new survey commissioned by the ACTU found that 26% of retail workers and 22% of health workers reported experiencing…

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/10/21/insecure-work-sexual-harassment/

Australia has a chance to make workplaces safer, but Morrison is ignoring key rights women fought hard to achieve

Date Published: 25/08/2021
Category: Working women

The Government must adopt the Respect@Work recommendations so no worker has to choose between their job and their safety, writes Michele O’Neil

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/08/25/a-chance-to-make-workplaces-safer/

Time to act on Respect @ Work

Date Published: 19/07/2021
Category: On The Job

When it comes to Respect @ Work for women, Australia needs urgent and decisive action not spin and rhetoric, writes Francis Leach

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/07/19/time-to-act-on-respect-work/

Sexual harassment just as prevalent today as in the past

Date Published: 20/04/2021
Category: On The Job

RMIT Professor of Work, Gender & Regulation Sara Charlesworth says rather than a decrease in sexual harassment, evidence suggests “it is just as prevalent, if not more prevalent.”

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/04/20/sexual-harassment-just-as-prevalent-today-as-in-the-past/

Safe Work 4 Women: enough talk – it’s time for action

Date Published: 14/04/2021
Category: Work Health and Safety Workers rights Working women

Australian Unions has joined together with a diverse group of organisations representing women’s rights to demand the Morrison Government deliver real safety at work for women.

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/04/14/safe-work-4-women/

Sexual harassment in the workplace – “it’s time for men to stand up”

Date Published: 17/03/2021
Category: On The Job

Journalist and media advocate Karen Percy says when it comes to dealing with sexual harassment in the workplace, “it’s time for men to stand up”.

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/03/17/sexual-harassment-in-the-workplace-its-time-for-men-to-stand-up/

It’s time to get real about the issues working women face every day

Date Published: 09/03/2021
Category: Human Rights Workers rights

To mark International Women’s Day 2021, Australian Unions have released a report into women’s progress and gender equality in Australia and wow, do we need to do better.

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/03/09/lets-get-real-about-the-issues-working-women-face-every-day/

Sexual harassment: Australian workers deserve much, much better

Date Published: 26/02/2021
Category: Analysis Working life

In the past two weeks, we have seen Scott Morrison and his ministers do everything they can to avoid scrutiny, and accountability, for their botched response to Brittany Higgins’ accusation of rape against a former Liberal Party colleague.

There could not be a greater contrast with Higgins’ courage, determination, and clarity.

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/02/26/sexual-harassment-australian-workers-deserve-much-much-better/

It’s time to disrupt the normalisation of sexual harassment in the workplace

Date Published: 25/02/2021
Category: On The Job

Hospo Voice activist Grace Dowling has a clear message when it comes to sexual harassment in the workplace, “Just because it’s everywhere, just because it’s common, just because it’s rife, doesn’t mean it’s fine.”

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/02/25/its-time-to-disrupt-the-normalisation-of-sexual-harassment-in-the-workplace/

Sexual harassment in the workplace a structural problem

Date Published: 24/02/2021
Category: On The Job

Writer and academic Professor Catherine Lumby says shifting workplace cultures of sexual harassment is “a very, very long historical process.”

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/02/24/sexual-harassment-in-the-workplace-a-structural-problem/

What to do if you are sexually harassed at work

Date Published: 22/02/2021
Category: Work Health and Safety Workers rights

When former Liberal Party staffer Brittany Higgins shared her account of sexual assault in the workplace, it sent shockwaves through Parliament and the wider community.

But for many women, what emerged from the headlines was a distressingly familiar story of toxic workplace cultures, unacceptable tolerance of sexual harassment, and a complete failure of those in charge to protect victims.

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/02/22/what-to-do-if-you-are-sexually-harassed-at-work/