Upward bullying is on the rise despite remaining "completely under-disclosed", and employers are finding it harder to manage this issue in a remote work context, a lawyer says.
An employee who was sacked at the end of her probationary period deliberately lied about her medical history, a tribunal has found, in upholding the denial of her compensation claim.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has rejected an employer's appeal against reinstating a worker dismissed for breaching its code of conduct while he was on annual leave.
An employee's partner failed her "spectacularly" in his role as support person and caused her to be unfairly dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employee's bullying behaviour towards a colleague wasn't just "robust banter" typical to the workplace culture, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in rejecting his unfair dismissal claim.
An employee's unreasonable and disrespectful behaviour was a "likely" explanation for her manager's bullying conduct, but didn't excuse it, the Fair Work Commission has found in issuing draft stop-bullying orders.
In condoning misconduct worthy of summary dismissal by not acting on it at the time, an employer "deliberately abandoned" its right to use the behaviour to justify termination, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
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.
