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The Human Rights Commission's latest survey of workplace sexual harassment shows little change in incidence over the past four years, while only two-thirds of workers reported their employer had anti-harassment policies and just one third had received training, Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins told the National Press Club yesterday in a speech that also marked the first anniversary of her "Set the Standard" report on federal parliamentary workplaces.

The Federal Court has refused an extension of almost three years for a former Cricket Tasmania receptionist to pursue allegations that former Australian test cricket captain Tim Paine and other Cricket Tasmania employees s-xually harassed her between 2015 and 2017.

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.