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Employee and workplace rights

All employees deserve to be treated fairly and with respect. It’s not just good for business; it’s the law. Discrimination, sexual harassment and bullying cost time and money, damage morale, reduce productivity and undermine reputations. Employers’ responsibilities apply across all stages of employment, including recruitment, during pregnancy, returning to work after parental leave, if you are injured or ill, and if you are being dismissed or made redundant.

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Topics

Bullying

Key stats

46%

of complaints we received in 2020-21 were about unfair treatment in the workplace.

Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission

25%

is the difference in likelihood for gender diverse companies to financially outperform their peers.

Stories

Karim's story

"The advertiser was looking for 'a driven, energetic and young marketing expert' to join their team – I thought all of those things sounded like me, but I wasn’t sure that I still qualified as 'young'. It sounded discriminatory to me."

Understanding the difference between reasonable adjustments and flexible work

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Address
Level 3, 204 Lygon Street Carlton Victoria 3053

General enquiries
enquiries@veohrc.vic.gov.au

Reception
1300 891 848

Enquiry line
1300 292 153 or (03) 9032 3583

Interpreters
1300 152 494

NRS Voice Relay
1300 555 727 then use 1300 292 153

Media enquiries
0447 526 642

The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission acknowledges that we work on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. We also work remotely and serve communities on the lands of other Traditional Custodians.

We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.