The Victorian Police Association says its members need access to more family violence leave. An enterprise bargaining agreement with the Victorian Government may have indirectly caused discrimination by restricting women from working flexible shifts, according to recommendations made to the Police Association. Officers were able to rise through the ranks despite “problematic attitudes” that contributed to harassment and discrimination because the agreement did not mandate that these values had to be considered when an officer applied for promotion, the union has also been told.
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