Women needing help with sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace because of pregnancy, sex and disability have dominated the first year of demand for Legal Aid NSW’s new Respect at Work Legal Service (RAWLS).
New data showed high numbers of women seeking help with workplace sexual harassment and discrimination, with over 800 workers seeking help and 1153 advice and representation services provided since the service, RAWLS, began in January 2023.
Of those services, 71 per cent were for female clients with the most common complaints being disability discrimination (27 per cent) followed by sexual harassment (20 per cent) and sex discrimination (14 per cent).
Source: Legal Aid News – March 2024