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Evidence of reasonable management action crucial in bullying claims
An employee wasn't bullied when she received repeated requests to work in her employer's office, and was placed on a performance improvement plan after a client complaint, a key ruling from this year illustrates.
It's increasingly common for employers to face bullying complaints from employees who are the subject of performance management, Henry William Lawyers partner Renee Kasbarian says in a new HR Daily Premium webcast.
"The law does recognise that reasonable management action or management action taken in a reasonable manner will not constitute workplace bullying," she says.
"But the key here, in order for the exemption to apply, and for it to not constitute bullying, is that the action needs to be reasonable."...
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