Safe Work Australia resources
- Model WHS Regulations
- Model Code of Practice: Sexual and gender-based harassment
- Model Code of Practice: Managing psychosocial hazards at work
- Influencing positive change and accountability: Sexual harassment at work – Michelle Baxter, Safe Work Australia CEO, Key note presentation to Comcare’s national forum on sexual harassment
- Preventing workplace sexual harassment – guidance for small business
- Workplace sexual harassment – advice for workers
- Infographic: What is workplace sexual harassment?
- Infographic: The impacts of sexual harassment
- Infographic: Workplace sexual harassment – Your WHS duties
- Infographic: Steps to prevent workplace sexual harassment
- Infographic: What to do if you are sexually harassed at work
- Infographic: Workplace sexual harassment statistics
- Managing psychosocial hazards at work - infographic
- What psychosocial hazards sound like
- Preventing workplace violence and aggression guide
- Workplace violence and aggression – advice for workers
- Family and domestic violence at the workplace – information sheet
Related information
- Mental health
- Psychosocial hazards
- workplace violence and aggression
- workplace bullying
- job demands
- low job control
- poor support
- lack of role clarity
- poor organisational change management
- inadequate reward and recognition
- poor organisational justice
- traumatic events or material
- remote or isolated work
- poor physical environment
- harassment
- conflict or poor workplace relationships and interactions
- Racism at work
Other resources
There are a range of avenues to address sexual harassment at work and to access support.
Even where sexual harassment is being addressed through another avenue, PCBUs must manage the WHS risk to ensure the health and safety of their workers and others, so far as is reasonably practicable.
- Safe Work Australia is not a regulator and cannot advise you about WHS issues in the workplace. If you need help please contact your state or territory work health and safety authority.
- If you believe workplace sexual harassment involves criminal conduct, including actual or attempted sexual assault, you can report the matter to police.
- Human rights agencies can investigate reports about human rights breaches and discrimination, including workplace sexual harassment. Contact the Australian Human Rights Commission or your state or territory human rights agency for more information.
- If you are a worker and have been treated unfairly or punished by your employer because you reported sexual harassment, you may be able to make a complaint to the Fair Work Commission
- Contact the Fair Work Ombudsman for information and advice about workplace entitlements and obligations.
- There are a range of mental health bodies that can provide individual support to workers. See the National Mental Health Commission for a list of organisations providing mental health support.
- 1800RESPECT is the national domestic, family and sexual violence counselling, information and support service. It can be contacted on 1800 737 732 or via online chat.