When HR and other leaders are addressing interpersonal conflict at work, it's important to be mindful of the "subversive" impact some language has, a specialist says.
An employee's over-dramatisation of a childcare need as a "family emergency" indicated he had a very limited coping mechanism, the Fair Work Commission has observed in declining to make stop-bullying orders.
An employer had "room to improve" certain communication and processes, but the issues an employee complained about didn't warrant stop-bullying orders, according to the Fair Work Commission.
After its workplace training was described as a "tick and flick" exercise, an employer has been ordered to compensate a worker who engaged in "totally unacceptable" behaviour.
The one-week gap between a senior manager's resignation and starting her new job has undermined her claims that she was either dismissed during her notice period, or forced to quit due to poorly handled bullying complaints.
"Simple life experience" should have taught an employee not to bully and humiliate his co-worker, according to the Fair Work Commission, but a lack of evidence that he was trained in workplace policies meant his dismissal was harsh.
Nine Entertainment has a systemic issue with abuse of power and authority; bullying, discrimination and harassment; and s-xual harassment, a review of its culture has found.
It might have been unreasonable to make further demands of an employee who had already complied with his employer's absence notification system, but this didn't amount to bullying, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employee was not eligible to apply for stop-bullying orders regarding behaviour that occurred while she was absent and receiving workers' compensation payments, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, in a case that a lawyer says takes a surprisingly narrow view of when someone is considered "at work".
In dismissing an employee's stop-bullying application, the Fair Work Commission has accepted an employer's undertakings to restrict his correspondence and interactions with the alleged bullies.
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