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A tribunal has asked the Department of Veterans' Affairs to produce guidelines to prevent injured veterans being discriminated against based on their mental health treatment records, in upholding an ex-soldier's post-traumatic stress disorder claim.

A major industrial relations Bill expressly banning workplace s-xual harassment has passed Federal Parliament. The development follows the release of the results of the Australian Human Rights Commission's fifth national survey on the prevalence of such harassment, which features both alarming and encouraging findings.

Proactively integrating men and women workers in male-dominated workplaces can reduce discrimination and promote safer cultures, a landmark study seeking to "stamp out" occupational s-xual violence has found.

New Federal laws prohibiting conduct creating "hostile" workplace environments, and imposing a positive duty on employers to prevent s-xual harassment, have passed both houses of Parliament with additional provisions clarifying the related operation of WHS legislation.

• Safety ban promised through WHS cease-work provisions; and
  
• New anti-harassment duties across seven "activities" pass in NT.

An employer that medically retired an injured worker was not obligated to offer her a part-time role or create a new job for her, a commission full bench has ruled in a case involving overlapping injury laws.

Qantas has failed to block two of four WHS charges alleging it engaged in discriminatory conduct towards an elected health and safety representative for taking actions relating to the cleaning of planes arriving from a COVID-19 hot spot.

• Budget provides positive-duty resources, other safety measures; and
  
• Two performance and culture reviews announced for SafeWork NSW.

• Finalised positive anti-harassment duty introduced in NT; and
  
• Dangerous goods duties aligned by Territory Bill.

Legislation prohibiting conduct creating "hostile" workplace environments, and imposing a positive duty on employers to prevent s-xual harassment, has been introduced by the Federal Government.