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Boards unprepared for new workplace laws: Research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023
... meet new workplace sexual harassment laws introduced this week. Effective December 12, the Australian Human Rights Commission is now enforcing the Positive Duty under the Sex Discrimination Act, requiring companies to prevent sexual harassment in the ...

Treasury mulls reforming use of genetic test results by life insurers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... If there were government intervention, the consultation also asks whether it be ASIC or the Australian Human Rights Commission that be given responsibility for overseeing and enforcing obligations related to the use of genetic testing in life insurance. ...

Actuary of the Year named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
... Data Analytics Committee, chair of the Institute Working Group for the collaboration with the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) and a member of the General Insurance Practice Committee. He has also served as chair of the Actuaries Institute's ...

Systemic disadvantages create retirement insecurity: HESTA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022
... standards for the survival, dignity and well-being of the Indigenous peoples around the world. The Australian Human Rights Commission says the declaration is particularly significant because "Indigenous peoples, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

Companies failing harassment victims: ACSI

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
... AMP Capital in Australia. Kate Jenkins, Australian sex discrimination commissioner for the Australian Human Rights Commission, said Szlakowski's story highlights several of the systematic failures to properly address sexual harassment that exist within ...

Human rights considerations are good for investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... equally as important as political risks when making investment decisions. A new report from the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), in collaboration with professional services firm EY, says the business case for the financial services industry ...

Insurers lagging on mental health

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... insurance companies to meet their legal obligations." He noted that this issue was publicly explored by the Human Rights Commission back in 1993, and argued that in that time, "it's reasonable for mental health experts to expect the industry had solved ...

Archaic gender rules mask super benefits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... to do so. McGregor is part of a community exposed to archaic gender rules. Research from the Australian Human Rights Commission shows as many as 11 out of 100 Australians belong to a sexual orientation or gender identity outside the conventional male ...

HESTA manager to study women in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... gather the support required for innovative thinking, for campaigning and for action," Broderick said. The Human Rights Commission has found that single elderly female households experience the highest levels of poverty and are at the greatest risk of ...

Bank levy upsets senior lobby

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... among retirees came under the spotlight, with the release of a manual on retirement from the Australian Human Rights Commission, and a call from National Seniors Australia for mandatory financial education for seniors although details of their proposal ...
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