Respect@Work Act: New positive duty for managers in Australia
Sexual harassment in the workplace is a serious issue that affects one in four workers in Australia. To address this issue, the Respect@Work Act was introduced to impose new responsibilities on managers and employers in the country, making it mandatory for them to take steps to prevent harassment in their workplace. The Respect@Work Act The […]
Business Leaders: Navigating the Respect@Work Act 2022
Business leaders now have a legal responsibility to create a safe and respectful work environment for their employees, following the latest legislative updates to the Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Act 2022 (Respect@Work Act 2022). What was previously an organisational challenge now imposes an active duty on leaders and their people within the organisation. The Act received […]
Respect@Work Act: Six recommendations for companies to implement now
The latest updates to the Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Act 2022 (Respect@Work Act 2022), impose a dramatic shift in responsibility on businesses, which are now legally required to provide a safe and respectful workplace for their employees. This change shifts the responsibility from an organisational challenge to a legal duty for leaders and all organisation members. Summary of the […]
Webinar: Why a Culture of Compliance Matters
Ensuring your organisation conducts and reports on its compliance activities is a part of everyday business. However, creating and embedding a culture of compliance is something entirely different. The compliance sector has seen more growth in the past ten years than ever before. In a rapidly changing legislative and regulatory landscape, building a healthy and […]
A two-pronged approach to creating lasting cultural reform
It’s not nice hurting people, it’s not nice seeing people hurt, so the quicker we can get on top of it, the better. This sentiment from Aussie Olympian Kyle Chalmers came off the back of yet another racism scandal in one of our major sporting codes. And it’s a sentiment that can be applied more broadly to […]
Corporate culture clean up: Listen to Fear and Greed’s podcast with Safetrac CEO
There has never been a greater focus on culture in Australia than right now. From personal versus corporate responsibility, to the Respect @ Work report, Safetrac CEO, Deborah Coram spoke with Adam Lang of Fear And Greed to discuss cleaning up culture in our private and public sectors, in last week’s podcast. What’s abundantly clear is no meaningful […]
Learned leadership and the evolution of corporate culture
A crisis can strike a company anytime, anywhere. Leaders must face challenges that appear overnight and then rapidly evolve throughout the course of just one day. The history of leadership has taught us many things but as our world changes, so too does our concept and understanding of leadership. Irrespective of how you define a […]
Webinar: Returning to a COVID-safe Workplace
Are you contemplating or currently asking workers to return to the physical workplace? As an employer, you’re legally obligated to ensure you do everything reasonably practicable to ensure your workplace is COVID-safe. This webinar provided a guideline to help you comply with the voluminous new OHS/WHS local and federal Work Safe obligations to protect your […]
Leaders set the tone from the top: International Women’s Day
Having the right leadership in an organisation is critical to enabling a culture of ‘each for equal’. From the battlefield to the business world, Matina Jewell’s experiences as a trailblazing female officer in the Australian Army have given her unparalleled insight into how leaders can create a workplace that allows equal progression and opportunity. Ahead […]
Safetrac brings leadership intel from battlefield to business world
Safetrac has partnered with former Australian Defence Force Major, internationally-recognised leadership strategist and author of Caught in the Crossfire, Matina Jewell, to launch her leadership skills training program online. Unlike any other leadership training in the market, it is aimed at equipping employees at all stages of their leadership journey with the capabilities to deal with […]