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An employee with no imminent prospect of returning to work from medical leave has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission to issue a stop-bullying order.

Criticisms about a director on her employer's Facebook page had no "rational connection" to work and in any case didn't amount to bullying, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

Racist, s-xist and profane language contributed to a "toxic and confrontational" workplace, and was the main cause of an employee's psychological injury, a commission has ruled.

Speak-up cultures are becoming more common, but they're not enough to tackle the rise in bullying and harassment cases, according to a workplace culture consultant.

An employee has failed to prove an HR director "unprofessionally mishandled" his workplace bullying complaints, with the Fair Work Commission finding her response was "appropriate" and in his best interests.

An employee who was allegedly accused of having a "dry face", being unengaging and lacking charm has won compensation for a psychological injury, after a tribunal rejected her employer's "reasonable counselling action" defence.

A worker has failed to prove she was bullied by a manager who didn't respond to her lengthy "feedback" email, cancelled her shifts, and then stopped offering her more work.

An "adversarial" employee has won stop-bullying orders, while also being subject to orders herself, with the Fair Work Commission finding she was marginalised and ignored after returning from sick leave.

An employer has failed to prove that an injured employee's alleged incapacity for work was caused by his pre-existing mixed personality disorder, rather than "persistent and racist" workplace bullying.

Low levels of bullying and harassment reporting in NSW parliamentary workplaces have "created a vacuum" in which unawareness and denial abound, a new report says.