Harassment

Harassment is a form of discrimination which includes a wide range of conduct and causes another person to feel offended, humiliated, intimidated, insulted or ridiculed.

Harassment is behaviour which is unwelcome, unreciprocated, uninvited and usually, but not always, repeated.

Harassment may cause damaging stereotypes to be maintained and is a breach of proper standards of conduct and professional behaviour.

Harassment is the exertion of power by one person over another person.

Harassment may be based in misunderstanding or be a deliberate act and often contains a subjective perspective.

Common forms of harassment are:

• Sexual harassment;
• Sex-based harassment;
• Intimidatory harassment; and
• Harassment on the grounds of race, disability, sexual preference or age.

If an employee is being harassed at work, the matter should be raised with the workplace harassment contact officer or the employer in an effort to resolve the issue. If this is unsuccessful, then the matter should be directed to the Workplace Standards Tasmania Helpline. If the harassment is of a nature other than related to workplace safety then the matters should be directed to: 

Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission
Level 8 Piccadilly Tower
133 Castlereagh Street
Sydney, NSW, 2000
Phone: 1300 369 711 (General Enquiries)
Local rate: 1300 656 419 (Complaints)
Email: complaintsinfo@humanrights.gov.au
Website: www.humanrights.gov.au

or: 

Anti-Discrimination Commission
Level 1, 54 Victoria Street
GPO Box 197
Hobart, TAS, 7000
Phone: 03 6233 4841
Local rate: 1300 305 062
Fax: 03 6233 5333
Email: AntiDiscrimination@justice.tas.gov.au

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