sexual harassment

• Human Rights Commission Amendment (Costs Protection) Bill 2023

  11th Jan 2024

• Settling sexual harassment claims: Confidential or not?

  16th Jun 2022

  ‘Some Non-Disclosure Agreements go well beyond protecting the sanctity of the conciliation process or the confidentiality of the amount paid, and operate as a ‘gag’ order on the complainant about almost everything relating to the circumstances of their complaint. NDAs drafted in this manner involve a huge degree of overreach, which serves the interests of the perpetrator and/or their employer and their reputations, rather than the interests of the complainant.’ So writes Rachel Doyle SC – proposing an alternative approach that favours transparency and the broader public interest, particularly in cases where the perpetrator is a high profile individual. 

• Urgent law reform needed to prevent sexual harassment at work

  18th Mar 2022

  Everyone deserves to be safe at work and free from sexual harassment, but our current system is failing us. While sexual harassment is pervasive across all industries and all employment levels in Australia, it is not inevitable. We have the power to prevent it.

• SA harassment report shows cultural reform urgently needed

  27th Apr 2021

  The Equal Opportunity Commission’s review of harassment in the legal profession in South Australia is a sobering reminder that the legal profession still has a long way to go to address sexual harassment in the workplace, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

• International Women’s Day: Timely reminder to call out sexual harassment in legal profession

  8th Mar 2021

  International Women’s Day is a timely reminder of how important it is to call out abusive, harassing behaviours in the workplace when they are witnessed, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

• Bystander training needed in legal profession to help prevent harassment

  23rd Oct 2020

  Ensuring all lawyers have the skills and confidence to call out sexual harassment even when it does not directly impact them will reduce the incidence of harassment and bullying in the legal profession, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA), as the organisation launches its new gender equality policy today.

• Complaints show more work needed in legal profession to address sexual harassment

  23rd Jun 2020

  The Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) welcomes the High Court of Australia’s announcement that it will immediately strengthen its policies and training to prevent incidents of sexual harassment, following an investigation upholding complaints against former High Court Judge Dyson Heydon.

• Power to Prevent: Urgent Actions Needed to Stop Sexual Harassment at Work

  28th Feb 2019

  Together with 100 other organisations we’ve made a joint submission to the Australian Human Rights inquiry into sexual harassment calling for urgent reforms to end sexual harassment in the workplace.

• Sexual harassment in the legal profession

  5th Apr 2018

  Adrienne Morton explores the prevalence of sexual harassment in the legal profession, and the ways in which it could and should be addressed going forward.