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Tasmania adopts the model Code of Practice providing PCBUs with practical guidance on eliminating or minimising sexual and gender-based harassment risks at work.
Tasmania has adopted the SafeWork Australia Model Code of Practice: Sexual and Gender-Based Harassment under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (Tas). The Code sets out how PCBUs must identify, assess and control the risk of sexual and gender-based harassment at work, including consultation obligations, risk control hierarchy, and the duty to implement a prevention plan. It applies to all Tasmanian workplaces. Non-compliance with the Code can be used as evidence in WHS proceedings.
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- Tasmania adopts the model Code of Practice providing PCBUs with practical guidance on eliminating or minimising sexual and gender-based harassment risks at work.
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- worksafe.tas.gov.au
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Which WHS law does this come from?
Code of Practice: Sexual and Gender-Based Harassment (TAS) is a WHS requirement set out in Sexual and gender-based harassment (TAS). It is made under Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (TAS). The relevant provision is Code of Practice > Overview.
What does this WHS obligation require?
Code of Practice: Sexual and Gender-Based Harassment (TAS) is a WHS obligation under Sexual and gender-based harassment (TAS). In short, Tasmania adopts the model Code of Practice providing PCBUs with practical guidance on eliminating or minimising sexual and gender-based harassment risks at work.
What changed recently?
Code of Practice: Sexual and Gender-Based Harassment (TAS) was last updated on 27 August 2026.
