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Karen O'Connell

Karen O'Connell

Karen O’Connell is a professor in the Faculty of Law at UTS and an expert in sex discrimination and sexual harassment.

Only 17 per cent of sexual harassment incidents were reported.

We have a great law to tackle workplace sexual harassers. Pity it’s never been used

Amid horrific claims of sexual harassment and abuse in the hospitality industry, what if Australia’s world-leading Respect@Work law is a “dead letter”? A law that’s on the books but never enforced might as well not exist.

  • Karen O'Connell and Josh Bornstein

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