A tribunal has criticised Australia Post for its "witch hunt" of an impressionable worker, whose psychological injury stemmed from bored colleagues making jokes at her expense.
The employee who seems the most compassionate and considerate member of a team is sometimes the most manipulative, warns a lawyer who is observing certain behaviours on the rise.
Two workers have committed to numerous "restrictions" regarding their interactions with an employee of another business, who sought stop-bullying orders because they "made his life hell".
Senior leaders and HR managers in the Productivity Commission will undergo trauma-informed and victim-centred response training, after a review revealed a "permissive" workplace culture where allegations of s-xual harassment and s-xism are minimised and inadequately investigated.
Individuals in a new leadership group sometimes "let their emotions get the better of them", but none of their behaviour constituted bullying, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
A manager has failed to prove an employer's "unethical practices" left him with no choice but to resign, with the Fair Work Commission finding there was "no downside" to making a formal complaint instead.
An employee who was threatened by a colleague and asked to accept a transfer was not bullied, the Fair Work Commission has found, ruling these were understandable responses to the employee's own inappropriate behaviour.
Regularly questioning an employee about why he wasn't completing his assigned tasks amounted to bullying and harassment, and caused his psychological injury, a commission has ruled.
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.
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