Observe and consider work and behavioursObserve and consider work and behaviours

Observe and consider work and behaviours

Observe how workers and others at the workplace interact. The presence of other harmful behaviours may indicate a risk of sexual and gender-based harassment.

\- Observe how leaders, managers, supervisors, workers and others interact (e.g. are there poor relationships or do workers avoid being around certain people?).
\- Identify trends or patterns in behaviour that may highlight areas of concern or affected workers (e.g. think about whether a worker is performing differently, suddenly taking more personal leave, withdrawing from colleagues, not attending work functions, or if a work group has had a number of resignations).
\- Listen to how workers speak, whether they use crude language, innuendo and offensive ‘jokes’.
\- Consider whether there is an acceptance of inappropriate behaviour by workers, managers or third parties (e.g. racially or sexually crude conversations, hazing rituals, innuendo or offensive ‘jokes’ are part of the accepted culture).