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#### 144T Sexual harassment orders
144T Sexual harassment orders
> > (1) The Commission may make any order the Commission considers appropriate if the Commission is satisfied that the aggrieved person has been sexually harassed in contravention of section 144N by the person or persons.
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> > (2) The order may apply to the following—
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> > > (a) the person or persons who have contravened section 144N,
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> > > (b) a person who has contravened section 144N by operation of section 144O.
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> > (3) Without limiting the kinds of order that may be made under subsection (1), the Commission may make an order to prevent the sexual harassment or remedy the contravention, including an order for one or more of the following—
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> > > (a) the payment of damages to the aggrieved person as compensation for loss or damage suffered from the sexual harassment,
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> > > (b) a prohibition on continuing or repeating the sexual harassment,
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> > > (c) the performance of reasonable actions or a course of conduct to be carried out to redress loss or damage suffered by the aggrieved person,
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> > > (d) the publication of an apology or retraction,
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> > > (e) the development and implementation of a program or policy aimed at eliminating sexual harassment.
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> > (4) The Commission must not order a payment of damages of more than $100,000 for an aggrieved person.
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> > (5) In determining the terms of the order, the Commission must take into account all of the following—
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> > > (a) other grievance or dispute procedures available to the aggrieved person that the Commission is aware of,
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> > > (b) outcomes, whether interim or final, the Commission is aware of from other—
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> > > > (i) investigations into the conduct the subject of the application, or
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> > > > (ii) grievance or dispute procedures carried out in response to the conduct the subject of the application,
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> > > (c) other matters the Commission considers relevant.
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> **s 144T:** Ins 2025 No 42, Sch 1\[9\].