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3:29PM

Harassment policies could be subject to inspections, lawyers warn

Employers' s-xual-harassment policies could be policed by safety-like inspectors under new equal opportunity legislation, according to a DLA Phillips Fox report.

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11:54AM

Patrick fined $180K in Victoria's first OHS discrimination conviction

Patrick Stevedoring has been fined $180,000 for discriminating against a worker who raised a health and safety issue, but the employer insists it has significantly improved its systems since the incident and supports "all safety improvement endeavours".

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