The obligation
No one may engage in discriminatory, coercive or misleading conduct against a worker for raising a WHS concern, including reporting harassment.
Reporting processes should include systems that prevent retaliation and victimisation of people involved in harassment reports. Workers should be encouraged to report harassment and behaviour that causes concern, with specific attention to the needs of vulnerable workers such as new, migrant and less securely employed workers.
- What
- No one may engage in discriminatory, coercive or misleading conduct against a worker for raising a WHS concern, including reporting harassment.
- Source
- safework.nsw.gov.au
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Which WHS law does this come from?
No retaliation against workers who report harassment is a WHS requirement set out in Sexual and gender-based harassment (NSW). It is made under Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW). The relevant provision is Sexual and gender-based harassment > Response.
What does this WHS obligation require?
No retaliation against workers who report harassment is a WHS obligation under Sexual and gender-based harassment (NSW). In short, No one may engage in discriminatory, coercive or misleading conduct against a worker for raising a WHS concern, including reporting harassment.
What changed recently?
No retaliation against workers who report harassment was last updated on 17 October 2026.