---
title: "Compare a workplace policy with the duties opened for this file"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/anti-discrimination-and-industrial-relations/workplace-policy-comparison"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a15-workplace-policy-comparison"
area_id: "A15"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A15-A20260923-2", "A15-X20260927-1"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Compare a workplace policy with the duties opened for this file

> Comparison of an existing policy with section 61 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992, if the policy is put forward as an action plan, and with the positive duty as the Fair Work Ombudsman page states it.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/anti-discrimination-and-industrial-relations/workplace-policy-comparison  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Anti-Discrimination & Industrial Relations](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/anti-discrimination-and-industrial-relations.md)
- Jurisdictions: Commonwealth
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the 2 authorities it cites, for Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Use when a client already has a workplace policy and wants it set beside the duties that were opened. It does not score the policy. The positive-duty guidelines were not opened, so this is not a map against those guidelines.

## Used for these tasks

- [Compare a workplace policy to the applicable discrimination duties](https://ailawframework.com/practice/anti-discrimination-and-industrial-relations/compare-a-workplace-policy-to-the-applicable-discrimination-duties.md)
- [Map the client's measures against the positive-duty standards](https://ailawframework.com/practice/anti-discrimination-and-industrial-relations.md#A15-X20260927-1)

## How AI may be used

AI may quote a clause the principal marks and place it in the row the principal names. The principal decides whether the clause meets the duty.

**AI may:**

- Quote the clause number and the words the principal has highlighted
- Leave the conclusion column blank

**AI must not:**

- Must not mark a policy as compliant
- Must not add a duty from a guideline that was not opened
- Must not draft a replacement policy

**The lawyer checks:**

- If the document is put forward as an action plan, each of section 61(a) to (f) is accounted for or marked absent
- The positive-duty row uses only the Ombudsman's statement of the duty
- A gap is recorded as a gap, not filled with a new clause

## Authorities

- [Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) s 61 (provisions an action plan must include)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/dda1992264/s61.html)
- [Fair Work Ombudsman, Make a report about workplace sexual harassment, including the statement of the positive duty under the Sex Discrimination Act](https://www.fairwork.gov.au/employment-conditions/workplace-sexual-harassment/make-a-report-about-workplace-sexual-harassment)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/anti-discrimination-and-industrial-relations/workplace-policy-comparison and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*