Posted: 2nd February 2025
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Doing business in Queensland? You’ll need a sexual harassment prevention plan by March 2025.
From 1 March 2025, business owners and/or operators must prepare a Prevention Plan to manage an identified risk to the health and safety of workers from workplace sexual harassment, sex-based harassment or gender-based harassment.
The Prevention Plan must:
The requirement for employers to implement a Prevention Plan is the second provision from changes to the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 regarding the prevention of sexual harassment and sex or gender-based harassment at work. The first provision, commencing 1 September 2024, saw the introduction of express obligations regarding the proactive management and prevention of risks to health and safety from sexual harassment and sex or gender-based harassment at work.
Don’t operate in Queensland?
You’re not off the hook: from 1 September 2024, a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) in any state must proactively manage the risk to health and safety at work from sexual harassment or sex or gender-based harassment. Translation? You need to hold policies and procedures to specifically address this issue. And training your staff on the topic is a smart place to start.
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