Category: Opinion pieces

Six Steps to take to prevent sexual harassment at work.

Six steps workplaces can take to prevent sexual harassment at work, in line with the Respect at Work findings and legislation.

Tackling the Mental Health Crisis

Study shows mental health in workplaces is a tale of two halves: senior executives are finding ways to cope, while those in entry levels are struggling.

Addressing Paid Parental Leave

Engaging women in paid work at the same rate as men would increase household incomes and support economic growth.

Land of the ‘fair go’?

How can we create policies and systems to remove some of the barriers to opportunity that stand in the way of people from a lower class.    

Why small-business owners should invest in mental health at work

Our research found that workplaces can have both a positive and a negative impact on workers’ mental health.

Measuring Cultural Diversity

The census gives us an overview of Australia’s population, but it doesn’t tell us about the richness of who we are, how we identify and how others identify us.

Gender pay gap costing economy billions

Australia’s gender pay gap didn’t change between 2017 and 2020. Read the fourth edition of the report She’s Price(d)less: The economics of the gender pay gap.

Aiming high on D&I at the Summit

DCA hopes D&I will be prioritised at the Jobs and Skills Summit, as diversity and inclusion sits at the core of the priorities on Summit agenda.

Workplaces – a key chapter in improving the stories of Australian Muslims

The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) report, Sharing the Stories of Australian Muslims, puts the worrying level of Islamophobia in Australia into numbers.

Inclusion to Prevent the Great Resignation

Workforces around the world are experiencing labour shortages as part of the post-pandemic ‘great resignation’.