You may seek advice and assistance from a University appointed Adviser . Contact the Victorian Equal Opportunity Commission or your Union. Keep a strictly confidential and personal record of what happens Be selective of the people with whom you discuss the matter because it is important that strict confidentiality be maintained at all times. You have a right to take the matter seriously, to know exactly what it is you are being accused of and to have an opportunity to respond You may seek advice and assistance from a University appointed Adviser or your Union Keep a strictly confidential and personal record of what happens Be selective of the people with whom you discuss the matter because it is important that strict confidentiality be maintained at all times. The University's Discrimination and Harassment Grievance Procedures are based upon the principles of natural justice.
Sexual harassment can be unintended.
Two kinds of discrimination are recognised in equal opportunity legislation. Direct discrimination involves treating a person 'less favourably' than another in the same or similar circumstances on a prohibited ground or for a prohibited reason. For example, direct discrimination occurs where an employer denies a female job applicant a position because of her sex. Harassment of one person by another on the basis of sex or race or other ground may amount to discrimination. Indirect discrimination occurs when a rule, practice or policy which appears to be neutral has in effect a disproportionate impact on the group of which the complainant is a member.