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What constitutes reasonable action in a performance management scenario is illustrated well in a recent Fair Work Commission decision, a workplace lawyer says.

"There's definitely this tension point, with situations where an employer is trying to performance manage an employee, or raise issues about work performance, and the response that's received is allegations of workplace bullying," Henry William Lawyers partner Renee Kasbarian says.

In a new HR Daily Premium webcast, she discusses a case (reported in more detail here) in which a University of Notre Dame employee unsuccessfully sought stop-bullying orders.

The Commission's reasons for refusing to make the orders contain "really good takeaways" for employers regarding what is reasonable management action, and what is therefore not bullying, Kasbarian says...