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South Australia’s Equal Opportunity Commission will start investigating the prevalence of sexual harassment in South Australia’s legal profession from today after a MP raised concerns of “abhorrent” behaviour in the workforce.
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South Australia’s Equal Opportunity Commission has finally been granted permission to launch an inquiry into the prevalence of harassment at Parliament House – three months after a report was supposed to be handed down.
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The State Government has backed a call for an independent investigation into workplace harassment within South Australia’s legal profession – despite stalling the approval of and highlighting the expense of a similar inquiry into potentially inappropriate behaviour at Parliament House.
SA’s Equal Opportunity Commissioner Niki Vincent will quit next month to take up a comparable role in Victoria – citing the eastern state’s “nation-leading” new laws as the reason for her move – but insists an already-overdue inquiry into workplace harassment in SA Parliament will not be further delayed by her departure.
State Parliament’s newly-elected Speaker and President will be asked to urgently grant South Australia’s Equal Opportunity Commissioner permission to investigate workplace harassment in parliament – weeks after a report was originally due to have been handed down.
The commissioner tasked with carrying out an independent investigation into workplace harassment in state parliament says she is still waiting for parliament’s permission to launch the inquiry – with a final report due to be handed down a month from today.
A religious pamphlet placed in letterboxes in an Adelaide suburb has exposed what lawyers call a “grey area” between state and federal anti-discrimination legislation, prompting renewed calls for a Charter of Human Rights.
