Changing Workplace Culture: Sexual Harassment
Tuesday 9 July | 1-2pm | Online
CPD: 1 point
CPD Category: Professional Skills (PS)
Format: Online
Recorded: No
The Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Act 2022 (Cth) and amendment to section 47C of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) commenced on 13 December 2022. They impose a positive legal duty on employers to take reasonable and proportionate measures to eliminate sex discrimination, including sexual harassment in the workplace. In order to satisfy the duty it is recommended employers adopt a number of measures, including regular training and education.
QLS has developed an Australian-first legal industry training workshop that deals with the issue of sexual harassment in the profession. Delivered by specialist trained facilitators, the workshop is designed to challenge what each of us can do to reduce the harm to individuals, organisations and the profession as a result of sexual harassment. Recorded scenes in the workplace, using professional actors, are featured to aid learning and understanding of this serious issue.
Learning Objectives
At the completion of the workshop participants will have knowledge and understanding of:
- What constitutes sexual harassment
- The statistics and surveys providing data on the incidence, reporting rates and the implications for individuals and the legal profession of sexual harassment
- How individuals’ behaviours impact workplace culture
- The predominant traits and culture in legal workplaces that may act as catalysts for harassment and bullying behaviours
- The role of bystanders in changing culture and the practical application of using the 6Ds in responding as an Active Bystander
- The role of leadership in modelling positive behaviour in legal workplaces
- The importance of appropriate sexual harassment and bullying policies and training processes in legal workplaces
- The options and appropriate responses to manage an incident experienced or observed
- The options available for further and ongoing support for those dealing with incidents of sexual harassment or bullying
Presenter: Stephanie Cowie, Legal Workplace and Culture Consultant, Queensland Law Society
If your firm is interested in training a number of staff, we also offer our Changing Workplace Culture series as part of an in-house training package. For more information and to register your firm's interest, click here.
Registrations close 5pm Friday 5 July, unless sold out prior.
Contact Events Management on 07 3842 5806 or events@qls.com.au with any queries.