Revisiting vicarious liability in sexual harassment cases heard under the Sex Discrimination Act

被引：1

作者：

Easteal, Patricia ^{[1
]}

Saunders, Skye ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Canberra, Law Sch, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia

[2] Univ New England, Sch Law, Armidale, NSW, Australia

来源：

ALTERNATIVE LAW JOURNAL | 2020年 / 45卷 / 01期

关键词：

Sexual harassment; vicarious liability; Sex Discrimination Act; discrimination law;

D O I：

10.1177/1037969X19877736

中图分类号：

D9 [法律]; DF [法律];

学科分类号：

0301 ;

摘要：

This article considers recent trends in the judicial interpretation of workplace vicarious liability provisions with respect to sexual harassment matters under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (SDA). In a study undertaken by the authors in 2008, we found that the Federal Court and Federal Magistrates Court appeared to be taking a 'broad-brush' approach in interpreting employers' duty to take 'all reasonable steps' to prevent sexual harassment and defining 'in connection with employment'. The authors update that analysis and evaluate a sample of cases from 2011 to 2018, concluding that it is possible the Courts are approaching these legislative elements of vicarious liability with an increasingly narrow brush.

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