Workplace Discrimination And Harassment
ustralian Federal and Under Australian state and
State legislation states federal legislation unlawful
unlawful discrimination harassment can occur when a
occurs when a group of people, person humiliated because of
individuals are treated less their race, or intimidated and
favourably than any other person insulted because of there colour,
or group of people because of ethnicity, or any other specified
their ethnicity, race, colour, characteristic under
sex, marital status, age or anti-discrimination or human
disability, religion and sexual rights legislation.
reference, whether your a member
of a trade union and any other Workplace harassment can include
characteristic specified under behaviour such as:
anti-discrimination or human
rights legislation. · Mailing or submitting sexually
explicit or suggestive letters,
Workplace discrimination and notes or emails.
harassment can occur in: · The making of derogatory taunts
or comments about a persons
· Employment and selection of religion or race. telling
staff. insulting The making of jokes
· Training and type of training about particular racial groups.
being offered. · Nude or pornographic posters
· Being considered for a displayed.
transfer, promotion or sacking. · The asking of questions about a
· Work place conditions. persons sex life or personal
life.
What is defined as unlawful
harassment? The nature of harassment and or
discrimination.
No matter the seriousness of an Hostile working environment
incident, whether it be a one-off
or prolonged and long termed, it As an employer you will also need
will still be judged as to be aware of your
harassment or discrimination. If responsibilities in making the
left unchecked the continued work environment a safe place
harassment will erode the drive from a culture of sexual or
and ability of the individual or racial harassment. Both are
group to eventually effect the deemed as HOSTILE. An example of
overall performance of their work a potential hostile working
performance. environment would include the
display of nude or pornographic
However the absence of any formal material, swearing and crude
or verbal complaints is not conversations, racially or sex
necessarily any indication that specific jokes.
harassment or discrimination is
not occurring. In a lot of cases What can not be classed as
the person or group being harassment or discrimination.
harassed or discriminated against
will not complain or report the However it must be remembered
incident in the belief that they that comments and advice given by
will be deemed as wingers or the supervisors, work colleagues and
incident is too trivial. In most managers on the work performance
cases the victim of the workplace or work related behaviour of an
harassment or discrimination is individual or group should not be
lacking confidence in their own confused with workplace
ability and has fear of harassment or discrimination.
retribution or even worse, being
dismissed. Feedback during normal
performance appraisals and work
performance meetings will always Bullies will use their status or
be deemed as stressful and will power of position in a company or
in some cases effect the well business to target both men and
being of the person or group women with their bullying
being appraised. However, practices. Bullying behaviour can
managers and supervisors should range from obvious verbal or
always keep these concerns in physical assault to very subtle
mind and perform any necessary psychological abuse.
appraisal with sensitivity
without avoiding the need to This behaviour would include:
provide full and frank feedback
to their staff. · Psychological harassment. (mind
games)
What is workplace bullying? · Excluding or isolating targeted
employees.
Sourced the from ACTUQ/QCCI/Qld · Assigning impossible tasks or
Govt Dept of Workplace Health and jobs to targeted employees.
Safety , they claim that · Physical or verbal abuse.
workplace bullying is "the · Inconvenience selected
repeated less favourable employees by deliberately changed
treatment of a person by another work rosters and shifts.
or others in the workplace, which · Yell and scream offensive
may be considered unreasonable language.
and inappropriate workplace · Intimidation
practice. It includes behaviour · Undermine work performance
that intimidates, offends, deliberately by withholding vital
degrades or humiliates a worker". job information.
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