For example, workers should be protected against the harm of discrimination, unfair treatment by employers, harassment and sexual harassment. It is the obligation of employers to make sure that workplace practices and policies are implemented to protect their workers from any of these harms. Research Exercise 1. Outline what statutory laws exist to protect workers. State what these laws protect against.
Harassment occurs at times in the workplace.
A form of harassment which is particularly common in the workplace is that of sexual harassment. Increasingly there have been reports of this form of harassment. Sexual harassment at work can take many forms. Discussion Questions 1. What the law says Discrimination Law Sexual harassment was first accepted as a form of discrimination on the ground of sex in NSW by Judge Mathews in the Equal Oppportunity Tribunal in 1983.