Prevention is the best way to stamp out sexual harassment
The Attorney General says the governmentâs response to the Respect@Work report balances education with consequences when people are harassed in the workplace.
Michaelia Cash
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Sexual harassment in the workplace is unacceptable. Everyone has the right to feel safe at work.
Attorney-General and Minister for Industrial Relations Michaelia Cash and Prime Minister Scott Morrison announcing the governmentâs response to the Respect@Work report.Â
Alex Ellinghausen
Sadly, so many have personal experiences of harassment in the workplace. These experiences are degrading, disempowering and can be traumatising.
In addition to the high personal toll that sexual harassment takes on individuals, Deloitte estimates that sexual harassment costs the Australian economy approximately $3.8 billion a year predominantly through lost productivity in the private sector.