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Employee's 'stay and fight?' Teams poll warranted discipline
Polling other workers about whether to "cut and run" or "stay and fight" after making a stop-bullying application warranted disciplinary action, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, in rejecting an employee's request for an interlocutory injunction.
"I cannot understand why the [employee] would think that the poll was a good idea," said Deputy President Nicholas Lake.
The Queensland Titles Registry employee had lodged an application for stop-bullying orders on 11 July 2025, then the following month he received a show-cause letter, accusing him of inappropriate workplace conduct...
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