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People who made a report or complaint about sexual harassment in the workplace

Measure: Proportion of people who experienced sexual harassment in the workplace (in the last 5 years), who made a formal report or complaint

  • Baseline value

    18%

  • Latest value

    18%in 2022

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Interpretation

An increase in the proportion of people who report or make formal complaints about workplace sexual harassment will indicate a greater confidence and trust in workplaces to respond to sexual harassment.

This measure captures only a proportion of formal responses provided by systems and institutions, but it can provide useful context when monitoring how responses are changing across different areas over time. It is intended to complement data from other areas and is not intended to represent all systems and institutions.

Outcome: 1 Systems and institutions effectively support and protect people impacted by gender-based violence (GBV)

Sub-outcome: 1.5 Workplaces are safe from all forms of GBV and are actively preventing sexual harassment and discrimination

Indicator: Increased confidence by people to report sexual harassment and discrimination including racism

Baseline: 2022

Latest year: 2022

Data source: AHRC National survey on sexual harassment in Australian workplaces

Source: DSS 2024.

For information about how this measure is derived, please refer to the Technical specifications for National Plan Outcomes.

Additional National Plan Outcomes data are available from the Data downloads page.

Time series

People who experienced sexual harassment in the workplace in the 5 years prior to the survey who made a formal report or complaint, 2018 and 2022

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