Harassment, including sexual harassment, is an identified hazard in the Model Code of Practice: Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work.

Witnessing, investigating or being directly exposed to harassment, including sexual harassment, may cause fear or distress.

In addition to the duties held by employers under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011, recent changes to the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 now place a positive duty on employers to take reasonable and proportionate measures to eliminate, as far as possible, certain discriminatory conduct that is already unlawful, including:

• sex discrimination in a workplace context
• sexual harassment in a workplace context
• sex-based harassment in a workplace context
• conduct that amounts to subjecting a person to a
• hostile work environment on the ground of sex
• certain acts of victimisation.
   

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CPSU members also have access to a range of supporting materials and guidance to assist in representing members’ concerns. If you are a Health and Safety Representative (HSR) and would like expert advice and assistance regarding psychosocial hazards and risk mitigation, you are entitled to seek the assistance of any person, including the CPSU.

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