Communication between managers and employees can sometimes be "wrongheaded or unfair" without amounting to bullying, a court has ruled in rejecting a psych injury appeal.
Unreasonable behaviour that occurs more than once won't be considered bullying unless it is persistent, a court has ruled in rejecting an employee's stop-bullying appeal.
The High Court has refused to grant special leave to an employee whose $5.2 million damages award for adverse action had been overturned, but the dispute is set to be reheard in the Federal Court.
A report into bullying, s-xual harassment and abuse in parliamentary workplaces has identified drivers and made recommendations that have critical relevance for all workplaces, a lawyer says.
An HR manager who claimed she was undermined and humiliated, and ordered to act contrary to her employer's policies, has failed to prove she was bullied at work.
An employer was trying to protect staff from bullying and harassment when it sacked an employee, but its actions were ultimately a good example of how not to handle workplace complaints, the Fair Work Commission has found.
To ignore and isolate a colleague at work "is to dehumanise that person", the Fair Work Commission has said in finding two employees were fairly sacked for bullying.
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.
