An employer must apologise and pay a former employee $50k in damages after a court found he was frequently called a "black c-nt" at work, damaging his mental health.
As organisations review their remuneration policies for a future of hybrid work, a culture change expert warns that linking pay to location can open the doors to discrimination.
Declining an employee's repeated requests for information about a complaint against him constituted discrimination on the basis of his employment activity, a tribunal has ruled.
An employee has failed to convince a court her employer was involved in organised crime and discriminated against her because she was "white, non-Muslim, female and mature".
An employee who claimed his employer exploited his disability at work has failed to prove his dismissal was unlawful, after a court accepted he struggled to follow reasonable directions.
An employer took reasonable steps to determine whether an employee was medically exempt from wearing face masks at work and wasn't "unnecessarily combative" in enforcing its policy, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employer has been cleared to pursue disciplinary action against an employee after a commission rejected it was discriminating against him because he was a male domestic violence victim.
An employee has won reinstatement and nearly three years' backpay after a tribunal found her morbid obesity led to discrimination and unfair dismissal.
Courts and tribunals are ordering higher compensation and penalties against employers that breach their workplace discrimination obligations, a lawyer warns in highlighting emerging risks in this space.
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