'I feel so much shame': inquiry reveals huge extent of workplace harassment

To mark International Women’s Day, Australian rights commission details hundreds of submissions detailing everyday nature of behaviour ranging from sexual assault to casual sexism

In an office party at an unnamed Australian workplace, a male manager, dressed as Santa, invites a line of younger, female colleagues to sit on his lap to receive a Christmas present. One woman shakes his hand and later reports the behaviour.

A few months later, she has been branded an “angry woman” by human resources and left the company. The manager, with his Santa suit, has been promoted.

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