Toolkits, guidelines and other resources
Creating a workplace that supports diversity and inclusion can improve productivity and customer engagement and help avoid complaints of harassment or discrimination.
The following resources are designed to help promote diversity and prevent discrimination in your workplace.
They provide practical support to develop effective policies and practices in areas including gender equality, sexual harassment, recruitment and retention of older workers, managing employees with family and carer responsibilities, workplace cultural diversity and employment of people with disabilities.
Age
- What鈥檚 age got to do with it? (2021)
- Changing perspectives: testing an ageism intervention (2023)
- Willing to Work: Good Practice Examples for Employers (2016)
- , which contains strategies for attracting and retaining mature age workers
Carer responsibilities
Criminal record
Disability
- Willing to Work: Good Practice Examples for Employers (2016)
- Workers with mental illness: a practical guide for managers (2010)
- Guideline on the Disability Standard for Access to Premises (2002)
- Disability Discrimination Act Action Plans: a guide for business (2021)
Domestic and family violence
Race
- Targeted recruitment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: A guideline for employers (2015)
Sex
Sexual harassment
- Ending workplace sexual harassment: a resource for small, medium and large employers (2014)
- Effectively preventing and responding to sexual harassment: a code of practice for employers (2008)