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Why should I? - Meeting your workplace legislative requirements Part 2
Perhaps a question for some readers is why? Why do I have to change anything? Or, What are the consequences if we don’t comply?
Meeting your sexual harassment and psychosocial hazards workplace legislative requirements. Part 1
Workplace sexual harassment is prohibited under the Fair Work Act from 6 March 2023, and Safe Work Australia’s Managing psychosocial hazards at work Code of Practice (July 2022) expects workplaces to protect their workers mental health. Do you know what this means for your organisation?
The privilege of respect (re-shared from April 2018)
We assume that respect and empathy come easily to all of us and all we need is gentle reminders - but how true is that?
Work IS emotional
Whether you believe in ‘work to live’ or ‘live to work’ most of us think about work and about our workplace relationships during our non-work hours.
What do you do when you feel disrespected at work?
Once you have checked your perspective and gathered your facts, practice self-advocacy, approach the person and speak to them about how their behaviour is making you feel.
Remember that you have the right to be treated with respect and compassion.
Did you hear about Maggie?
Is gossip like an addiction that some find near impossible to quit?
Microaggressions and gaslighting
If we let bad behaviours ‘fly under the radar’, we become part of the problem.