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There was "no element of capriciousness involved" when an employer reduced an employee's hours, the Fair Work Commission has found in stop-bullying proceedings.

In any event, some of the orders the employee sought could not be issued, because they would be "impossible to measure compliance against and would be ripe for further disputation", Deputy President Andrew Bell said.

The residential aged care nurse filed her application in the Commission in March 2025, alleging she'd been bullied by Bolton Clarke's general manager.

Specifically, she claimed the GM: reduced her contracted hours; placed a "ban" on her being allocated extra shifts; and "punished" her after she made workplace complaints...