Adverse action & general protections | Page 29 (461 items)

Removing a manager from her role, informing hundreds of staff of this decision, and then dismissing her, weren't actions taken because she'd made 19 workplace complaints, an appeal court has ruled.

An employer has failed to prove that it sacked an employee over "threatening" and "offensive" internal communications, with a court finding her complaints about executives "sealed [her] fate".

An employee's "bizarre" communication style was the reason for his dismissal, and it was unsurprising that his employer was "confused" by it, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled in adverse action proceedings.

An employer has been fined for threatening an employee with discipline after she made a workplace complaint, with the Federal Circuit Court chastising its HR team for facilitating the adverse action.

The Fair Work Commission has rejected that an employee's domestic violence disclosure to HR triggered an "exponential" increase in performance conversations that led to his constructive dismissal.

An employer has been ordered to pay a manager more than $2.25 million in compensation, penalties and costs after its CEO "effectively destroyed" her life.

An employee has failed to prove he was sacked for making bullying complaints, rather than because he was accused of sexual harassment.

A manager who was bullied and intimidated, and then sacked, after being diagnosed with a terminal illness has been awarded $163k in adverse action proceedings.

An HR manager took the "first opportunity" to dismiss an employee who raised workplace bullying allegations, a court has ruled in adverse action proceedings.

Among key lessons from recent adverse action cases, an employment lawyer says it is critical for HR to document any decision-making process and be conscious of the timing around those decisions.