Sweeping changes will be made to the organisation which controls Australia's air traffic, after a review identified a culture of bullying, sexual harassment and other unacceptable behaviour.
Last year former Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick began a wide-ranging examination of Airservices Australia following a report that warned a toxic workplace culture was putting the lives of air travellers in danger.
Airservices employees have been told her study has scrutinised the internal culture, "specifically relating to bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, psychological welfare and inclusion".
"It draws on extensive qualitative and quantitative data and makes 19 detailed recommendations and we have committed to implementing all recommendations," an internal email reveals.
"We have already initiated a range of key steps to address unacceptable behaviours in our workplace".
Findings from Ms Broderick's report are scheduled to be shared with staff at the Government-owned organisation on Friday morning before being released publicly.
According to correspondence obtained by the ABC staff have been assured "there is no evidence to suggest any of the cases reported in the culture review has led to any reduction in aviation safety".
That finding is at odds with last year's report by former Federal Court Judge Anthony North QC, who found the culture at Airservices Australia was so poor it could "compromise the safety of passengers".
"Of particular concern in the air navigation control environment, in which Airservices operates, is the potential for the poor workplace culture to have effects which compromise the safety of aircraft and passengers," Mr North observed.
His damning assessment was commissioned by workplace law firm Maurice Blackburn on behalf of Civil Air, the trade union which represents Airservices employees.
It followed a survey of more than 500 Airservices employees in January 2019 which revealed widespread bullying and sexual harassment in the organisation which is responsible for safety on some of the world's busiest airline routes.
Almost half of respondents, and more than three quarters of females surveyed, said that they had experienced bullying, discrimination or sexual harassment while working at Airservices, with managers often the perpetrators.
Last year a multi-million-dollar class action launched by former Airservices managers hoping to claw back extra pay after being made redundant was scuttled by a federal court judgement.
