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Lawyers, academics and advocates have raised concerns that the Albanese government’s Respect@Work legislation contains a flaw that could “undermine access to justice”.
Maurice Blackburn Lawyers and other signatories say the bill proposes a costs neutrality model, whereby litigants bear their own costs unless the court orders otherwise. While superficially the arrangement represents an improvement on the status quo, its design and uncertainty around its operation will in fact serve tomake it harder for targets of sexual harassment to vindicate their legal rights
Taking a costs neutrality approach to a relationship that is characterised by endemic inequality only serves to entrench that inequality
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