Discrimination Claims has negotiated $50,000 compensation for a 15 year-old male apprentice, after his boss left a number of dick pics on his phone. The monetary settlement was offered after Discrimination Claims filed multiple claims in the Queensland Human Rights…
Aussie Oscar-winner Russell Crowe stars in a new miniseries about one of the world's worst serial sexual predators - the founder of Fox News - Roger Ailes. Ailes was a former tv producer and political operative who built Fox into…
Discrimination Claims has negotiated more than $60,000 compensation for a bisexual banker after he was subjected to shocking harassment, bullying and discrimination by his supervisor. The man was treated so badly that he was diagnosed with a work-related psychological disorder,…
A creepy lawyer who threatened a staff member when she refused his sexual advances tried to argue his inappropriate conduct was caused by a quit-smoking drug. Owen Hughes, principal solicitor at Beesley and Hughes, located in Northern New South Wales,…
From July 1, the Anti-Discrimination Commission of Queensland will officially change its name to the Queensland Human Rights Commission, following the introduction of the Human Rights Act which was passed into law earlier this year. The change will see the…
A Toll Transport truck driver has had his "George Pell" defence rejected by the Fair Work Commission, after he was sacked for allegedly sexually harassing a younger male co-worker by joking about "molesting" him and calling him his "toy boy"…
A confronting new advertisement from Respect Victoria is challenging those who witness sexual harassment to do something about it. The ad, which is part of the Respect Women: Call it Out campaign, was released last week, and is designed to…
As the fallout continues from Thursday's judgement in the Geoffrey Rush defamation case, industrial relations experts have a message for victims of workplace sexual harassment - don't be discouraged to speak up and report it. Federal Court Justice Michael Wigney…
A Qantas pilot who was sacked for drunkenly touching the breast of a colleague in a taxi while on an overseas stopover, has lost his unfair dismissal claim. While the Fair Work Commission accepted that the pilot did not know…
A senior surgeon who works for the Metro North Hospital and Health Service in Brisbane has been suspended, after a series of sexual harassment allegations against him were made public. Doctor William Braun, who worked as a bariatric surgeon at…
