Summaries of our most recent Equal Opportunity articles are listed below:
15 October 2004
Sex discrimination on a grand scale - class action pay equity claims
Well known Wall Street stock broking firm, Morgan Stanley, recently paid US$54 million to settle a sex discrimination claim. Are Australian employers at risk of facing similar mass discrimination claims?
15 October 2004
Maternity leave benefits: discrimination against men?
We are frequently asked by clients whether an employer can lawfully offer paid maternity leave, but fail to provide paid leave to male employees in similar circumstances.
14 November 1999
What's Sexuality Got to do with it?
When employers think about managing diversity in their workplaces and discrimination issues generally, they tend to focus on the better known grounds of unlawful discrimination under equal opportunity laws such as sex, race, age and disability.
01 November 1999
The Business Case For Equal Opportunity
How much can an equal opportunity case cost? The costs to any business of a poorly managed case are significant, both to the business and to individuals.
