Warning: This article contains details about sexual harassment which may be upsetting for some readers. Reader discretion is advised. A recent case in the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria has found two companies did not have adequate sexual harassment policies to ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, that the risk of psychological injury to staff was reduced. The companies were found guilty of criminal offences under the Occupational Health & Safety Act 2004 (Vic) with fines totalling $250,000.
