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Women's Rights at Work

Women's Rights at Work

The Women's Rights at Work one-day training course provides those supporting, representing and advocating for women workers with the knowledge of various entitlements and protections, and the options for legislative action to be able to assist women workers. The course gives participants an understanding of the various ways they can support women in the workplace and the legislation they can draw upon when workers come to them with an issue.  

The course is intended for Union-based Women's Officers, Industrial Officers, Organisers, Delegates and Women's Advocates. 

The Women's Rights at Work course consolidates information on the rights and safety of women in the workplace, drawing from various pieces of State and Federal legislation. This is particularly important given the many significant amendments to legislation that have occurred over recent years.   

In the course we will discuss:    

  • Legislative options under the Fair Work Act, including: entitlements when pregnant and returning to work; parental entitlements; leave entitlements; dealing with sexual harassment 
  • Human Rights-based legislation (state & federal) – focussing on positive duty obligations regarding discrimination, harassment, victimisation and hostile working environments 
  • How OHS legislation can be used to address gendered violence including sexual harassment  
  • Empowerment of women in the workplace through transparency requirements and job security provisions in recent legislative changes.

Details:

Course hours: 9.30am - 4.00pm

Course length: One day

We run the course throughout the year at Victorian Trades Hall Council or you can contact us to request in-house training.   

To enquire about scheduled training dates at VTHC please email [email protected] 

To make an enquiry about in-house Women's Rights at Work training course click here.