Research and statistics show the critical role of good workplace responses to domestic violence. Data on workplace harassment also shows the importance of employers creating safe workplaces for women.
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Over 60% of women experiencing violence from a current partner are working.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2017). Personal Safety Survey 2016. ABS cat. no. 4906.0. Canberra: ABS. Retrieved from: http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/4906.0
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Violence against women in the workplace impacts on the organisational climate and employees’ sense of wellbeing.
VicHealth. (2012). Preventing violence against women in the workplace (An evidence review: full report). Melbourne: Victorian Health Promotion Foundation.
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Almost 1 in 4 women have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace.
AHRC (2018). Everyone’s business: 4th national survey on sexual harassment in Australian workplaces. Retrieved from: https://whiteribbon.org/2Ea7Q6C
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1 in 2 employees surveyed by White Ribbon consider it acceptable to tell a sexist joke in the workplace.
White Ribbon Australia. (2017). Workplace Accreditation Pilot Project Baseline Survey.
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Only 20% of employees surveyed by White Ribbon would feel very confident knowing how to help a work colleague experiencing violence outside work.
White Ribbon Australia. (2017). Workplace Accreditation Pilot Project Baseline Survey.
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94% of employees agree employers should take a leadership role in educating their workforce about respectful relationships between men and women.
Pennay, D. & Powell, A. (2012). The role of bystander knowledge, attitudes & behaviours in preventing violence against women. Melbourne: The Social Research Centre. Retrieved from: http://bit.ly/1osZjYt
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1 in 2 working people in the last five years have been exposed to workplace harassment, as a victim or bystander.
AHRC (2018). Everyone’s business: 4th national survey on sexual harassment in Australian workplaces. Retrieved from: https://whiteribbon.org/2Ea7Q6C
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40% of workplace sexual harassment incidents were witnessed by another person.
AHRC (2018). Everyone’s business: 4th national survey on sexual harassment in Australian workplaces. Retrieved from: https://whiteribbon.org/2Ea7Q6C
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In 69% of cases, witnesses to workplace sexual harassment did not try to intervene.
AHRC (2018). Everyone’s business: 4th national survey on sexual harassment in Australian workplaces. Retrieved from: https://whiteribbon.org/2Ea7Q6C
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Perpetrators of workplace sexual harassment are overwhelmingly male.
AHRC (2018). Everyone’s business: 4th national survey on sexual harassment in Australian workplaces. Retrieved from: https://whiteribbon.org/2Ea7Q6C
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1 in 5 people who were sexually harassed at work said the behaviour was common in their workplace.
AHRC (2018). Everyone’s business: 4th national survey on sexual harassment in Australian workplaces. Retrieved from: https://whiteribbon.org/2Ea7Q6C