Workplace harassment prevention policy
Employers should ensure a workplace harassment prevention policy is developed and implemented in the workplace. The policy should outline the workplace’s commitment to address harassment and expectations regarding appropriate workplace behaviour.
The policy may be a stand-alone policy or form part of an existing health and safety policy, or code of conduct for all workers.
The workplace harassment prevention policy should be:
- easy to understand
- provided in languages other than English, if needed
- displayed where all workers can read it
- be consistent with the workplace’s other health and safety policies and objectives
- relevant to the workplace, its needs, people and conditions
- developed in consultation with workers
- supported by employer, manager or chief executive
- followed, and consistently and fairly applied
Typically, a workplace harassment policy should be readily available within the workplace, for example from the human resources or administration areas.
More information on workplace harassment prevention policies is available within Section 8.1 of the Prevention of Workplace Harassment Advisory Standard 2004 (now known as a Code of Practice) including details of elements a workplace harassment policy should include.
An example of a workplace harassment policy is provided in Appendix 1 of the Prevention of Workplace Harassment Advisory Standard 2004 (now known as a Code of Practice)
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