Original article by Nick Toscano
The Age – Page: 12 : 14-Aug-14

Hall & Wilcox partner Kerryn Tredwell says a recent Federal Court of Australia ruling has created a new benchmark for compensation payouts in sexual harassment cases. It approved an increase from $1A8,000 to $A130,000 for a female executive at software group Oracle, whereas previously amounts of $A90,000-plus were awarded rarely and only in very serious matters such as sexual assault. Australian Human Rights Commission data also show a rise in the number of sexual harassment claims lodged, from 157 in 2007-08 to over 260 in 2010-11 and 222 in 2013-14

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AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, ORACLE AUSTRALIA LIMITED, FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. SEXUAL DISCRIMINATION COMMISSION, HALL AND WILCOX, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY