Respect@Work

In June 2018, Australia's then Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Kate Jenkins, announced a national inquiry into sexual harassment in Australian workplaces. The aim was to understand the systemic drivers and risks that enable sexual harassment, and identify positive solutions to reduce its prevalence. This National Inquiry was led by Intersection’s Principal, Natasha de Silva.

The ground-breaking Respect@Work Report of the National Inquiry has led to significant workplace obligations and legal reform, including the introduction of a positive duty to prevent sexual harassment for employers.

What is Respect@Work?

Click on the Respect@Work Seven Standards below to see how Intersection can assist your organisation to effectively prevent and address inappropriate behaviour at work:

  • Book a Respect@Work Masterclass for Boards and Executive Teams with Kate Jenkins and Natasha de Silva today. We help your most senior leaders to quickly understand why the Positive Duty exists, and how they can lead on prevention in the workplace.

  • Understand how your employees experience the workplace though an independent culture assessment, and build positive solutions for a positive workplace culture where all employees thrive.

  • The Intersection Academy offers a range of online and in-person courses that are customised to help your organisation enhance engagement and learning. Our courses are targeted to build capability at the appropriate level, from Boards and Executive Teams, through to people leaders and whole-of-workforce.

  • Our risk assessment methods and tools can assist you to:

    • Identify and assess the risk of inappropriate workplace behaviours occurring and the impact it may have on the health and safety of those affected, and on your organisation,

    • Implement effective and efficient control measures to address your identified risks; and 

    • Regularly review your control measures and make adjustments where required.

  • Are your people leaders equipped with person-centred and trauma-informed skills to effectively support workers who disclose experiences of inappropriate workplace behaviour? Visit the Intersection Academy for details on our trauma-informed course. 

  • Responding to disclosures of sexual harassment, bullying and discrimination effectively and sensitively is critical to developing and maintaining trust in reporting systems.

    Building the capability of your people leaders to effectively respond to inappropriate workplace behaviours in real time, and at earlier possible opportunity, is essential to achieving a workplace that is safe and respectful. For details on our people leader courses, visit the Intersection Academy.

    The Respect@Work National Inquiry found that only 18% of people report their experience of sexual harassment. Underreporting of inappropriate behaviours is widespread because reporting systems have not been trauma-informed and prioritised the wellbeing of those impacted. 

    Intersection undertakes independent, trauma-informed workplace investigations to resolve sensitive workplace behaviour matters. 

    Intersection has partnered with Rely, a leading workplace case management platform, which helps leaders identify risks early, address issues effectively, and prevent future incidents. This partnership supports organisations to:

    • deploy a compliant, trauma-informed platform

    • enable confidential and anonymous reporting

    • follow leading practice processes

    • access insights.

    To speak with us about an investigation in your workplace, contact admin@intersection.work

  • Workplaces that are safe, respectful, diverse and genuinely inclusive are those that engage in continuous improvement.

    To ensure this occurs, you must understand and measure the impact of your workplace culture initiatives, to be certain your practice is both evidence-based and informed by the lived experience of your employees.

    Here at Intersection, we can help you to develop monitoring and evaluation tools that will enable your organisation to learn from its actions, and to continuously raise the bar.