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Victorian courts have vowed to tackle the "open secret" of s-xual harassment, endorsing recommendations that include actively identifying judicial officers known or suspected of such behaviour and "taking steps" to protect vulnerable staff from them.

An Employsure manager is suing the IR advisory service for deciding against appointing her to a more senior role that she sought while on parental leave, accusing it of discriminating against her because of her pregnancy and impending family responsibilities.

A review conducted by former Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick has found poor HR practices and people management have contributed to s-xual harassment and assault and bullying in NSW parliamentary workplaces and that cultural, policy and legislative barriers are preventing reporting of incidents.

The FWC has dismissed an anti-bullying claim because the worker delayed its resolution to prevent his sacking.

Gender discrimination continues to be the biggest single driver of a pay gap that is nationally costing women more than $50 billion a year, according to a new report prepared for Diversity Council Australia and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

A proposed new agreement for the Australian Youth Climate Coalition provides substantial upfront pay rises and entitlements to five days paid climate disaster leave, 30 days paid gender affirmation leave and 12% super contributions, while it replaces workplace breastfeeding provisions with "chestfeeding" rights.

The NSW IRC has upheld the dismissal of a worker sacked for breaching his employer's code of conduct when he made homophobic comments.

WA's parliamentary inquiry into sexual harassment of female workers in the FIFO mining sector has recommended that the industry ensure there are "serious repercussions" for perpetrators, keep a blacklist of perpetrators to stop them simply moving to other sites and rebalance the proportion of direct and indirect hires to reduce risks.

An employer must pay $2.8 million, including more than $1.7 million for pain, suffering and economic loss, to a long-serving manager who had her life "effectively destroyed" by a new chief executive.

A FWC full bench has thrown out a Qantas bid to overturn the reinstatement of a trainer accused of staring at a flight attendant's breasts and gazing into her eyes in a "distinguishably lewd" manner during a safety demonstration.