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Question and Answer Tracking Details

9281 - Fair Trading - RESPECT AT WORK TASKFORCE

Jackson, Rose to the Minister for Finance, and Minister for Employee Relations representing the Minister for Small Business, and Minister for Fair Trading

(1) What is the timeline for the Respect at Work Taskforce to be up and running?

(2) Which organisations will be represented on the Respect at Work Taskforce?

(3) How will organisations be recruited for the Respect at Work Taskforce?

(a) Has the Government identified organisations it will invite to be involved?

(b) Are organisations able to express interest in being part of the taskforce?

(4) Have any individuals been identified to sit on the Respect at Work Taskforce at this time?

(a) If so, who are they?

(b) If so, which organisations do they represent?

Answer -

(1) Recruitment for the Respect at Work Taskforce has commenced, and it is anticipated it will be operational later this year.

(2) The Respect at Work Taskforce will be an internal unit within the Department of Customer Service and will not have external members. It will consult and work with external stakeholders, such as employer and employee representatives and women's organisations, to collaborate on preventing sexual harassment at work.

(3) Refer to the responses to questions (1) and (2).

(4) Refer to the responses to questions (1) and (2).


Question asked on 25 July 2022 (session 57-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 790
Answer received on 15 August 2022 and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 805