Many victim-survivors of family and domestic violence (FDV) have experienced, or believe they would experience, stigma and discrimination in the workplace.
BETA, in partnership with the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, conducted research to understand the impact of the new entitlement for 10 days of paid family and domestic violence (FDV) leave.
We interviewed both FDV victim-survivors and employers, and surveyed 594 FDV victim-survivors, 1,437 employers and 3,008 other Australian workers.
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A factsheet for APS HR professionals
All government agencies collect employee data, including disability, for the APS Employment Database (APSED).
Research shows numerous barriers (attitudinal, organisational and structural) often prevent Australian Public Service (APS) employees from sharing their information in Human Resources (HR) systems.
HR professionals can use this guide to improve their agency’s data collection practices.
Example wording for APS HR professionals
This document accompanies the factsheet and maturity self-assessment for HR professionals.
Compare these examples alongside explanatory text and email reminders your agency provides to employees when asking about their disability information. What are you doing well? What can be improved?
A maturity self-assessment for APS HR Professionals
This maturity self-assessment accompanies the factsheet and example wording for HR professionals.
It will help you undertake a self‑assessment and consider your agency's maturity when requesting, collecting, and using APS employee disability information and offers suggestions for how to improve these practices.