A candidate who failed to meet the conditions of her employment offer and never started the job has claimed her prospective employer engaged in unlawful adverse action.
An HR manager was "extremely" quick to assume an employee who took sick leave after being assigned new responsibilities was abusing his entitlements, the Federal Circuit Court has found in upholding his adverse action claim.
An employer and its directors have failed to prove on appeal that they didn't take unlawful adverse action against a manager, but they have successfully challenged the "manifestly excessive" penalties imposed.
An employee who claimed he was left to "drift into irremediable psychological illness" after he made a workers' compensation claim has failed to prove he was unlawfully dismissed.
An employee who claimed his employer failed to act upon his "litany" of workload and resourcing complaints has failed to prove he was constructively dismissed.
The Federal Circuit Court has rejected that an employer 'concocted' an employee's redundancy after she complained about bullying and "dark and damaging" workplace behaviours.
An employer systemically demoted an employee, harassed him at work and online, and underpaid him because he enquired about his entitlements, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled.
An employee who claimed his employer took unlawful adverse action against him after he made 244 workplace complaints has been awarded $184k in compensation and damages.
An employee who alleged she suffered 20 instances of unlawful adverse action during her three-month probation has lost her $3.8 million general protections claim.
All employers should consider putting in place a workplace s-xual harassment prevention plan, even though such plans are only expressly prescribed in one jurisdiction, according to a risk management expert.
Recent events have shone a spotlight on whistleblowing, placing employers firmly on notice that their response to a protected disclosure could be subject to intense scrutiny. Watch this webcast to understand the role HR plays in this challenging space.
