The Fair Work Commission has dismissed a senior manager's stop-bullying claim after finding he deliberately forestalled proceedings to preserve his employment, and noting it had "reservations" about whether he was capable of being bullied by an "elderly" director.
Having one member of a small team repeatedly fail to meet project timelines was "a situation that any business would need to address", the Fair Work Commission has noted in rejecting an employee's stop-bullying claim.
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.
Minor workplace grievances are increasingly building to an "explosion" point because employees aren't equipped to tackle them early, and hybrid working is pouring fuel on this fire, a conflict expert says.
Workplace disagreements and behaviours caused an employee "some stress", but they didn't significantly contribute to his psychological ailment, a tribunal has ruled.
Rejecting an employee's request to work remotely until 2026 and encouraging her to work in a different way was not repeated unreasonable behaviour, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employer's justification for performance managing an employee was clouded by its belief that she was causing workplace disputes, the Fair Work Commission has found in stop-bullying proceedings.
A "little bit" of swearing towards a director was "nothing serious", but when the behaviour escalated to verbal and physical abuse it became unreasonable, a tribunal has found in a psych injury appeal.
General protections claims are the fastest-growing category of applications in the Fair Work Commission, with reforms now underway to stem the tide. This webinar will discuss important developments in both procedural issues and case law.
