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Three big lessons from adverse action penalty ruling
A recent general protections penalty decision contains three major lessons for employers about this "different beast" of a regime, according to a workplace lawyer.
The case involved an aged care nurse practitioner, who successfully claimed her employer, Alfred Health, took adverse action against her when it sacked her in 2021, after she'd complained about workplace bullying.
At sentencing, Federal Circuit Court Judge Catherine Symons ordered the employer to pay compensation plus an $8k penalty, finding there was a "modest need" for specific deterrence (read HR Daily's report on that decision here).
The first major point employers should take from the ruling is regarding decision-makers, Henry William Lawyers partner Renee Kasbarian tells HR Daily...
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