Women's Safety Hub

Workplace Initiatives Prioritising Women’s Safety at Work

Creating a truly inclusive environment means ensuring that every female employee is safe, respected, and protected both within the workplace and during their daily commute. Under current legislation, employers have a strict preventative duty to take active, reasonable steps to eliminate sexual harassment and safeguard psychological and physical wellbeing.

Examples of Workplace Initiatives

  • Safe Commuting Solutions: Providing late-shift staff with subsidized or paid taxi services so no woman has to walk home alone in the dark.
  • Active Buddy Systems: Pairing employees who travel or work solo to establish structured, mandatory check-in routines.
  • Environment Risk Audits: Conducting regular facility assessments to guarantee high-visibility lighting in all staff car parks, corridors, and isolated building zones.
  • Transparent Reporting Pathways: Implementing secure, anonymous channels that protect an individual’s identity when reporting misconduct.
  • Bystander Awareness Training: Equipping the entire workforce with tools to safely intervene and challenge misogynistic language or behaviour.
  • Gender-Sensitive Policies: Designing flexible work patterns that accommodate specific health tracking, reproductive health, and domestic abuse support.

External Workplace Initiatives