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Compliance with positive duty is "the floor, not the ceiling": Jenkins
Former Federal S-x Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins says she is yet to come across a single organisation that is "implementing the positive duty in an entirely holistic and thorough manner", but meaningful change is nonetheless occurring "beneath the surface".
Mainstream media reports might suggest not much has changed since the positive duty to prevent sexual harassment was introduced 2.5 years ago, Jenkins said last night.
"Every other week there seems to be another headline – another institution called out for inappropriate behaviour and a failure to act. In too many cases, leadership has been silent, or worse: complicit."
However, she said, "that is not the whole story"...
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