An employee's lack of "insight and resilience" meant he couldn't recognise his colleagues' behaviour was a direct response to his own, the Fair Work Commission has found in stop-bullying proceedings. It also made three recommendations to ensure more "viable" ongoing relationships.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has handed down its first decision on flexible work arrangements under the new scheme, following an employer's refusal of a request for altered working hours.
An employer that failed to "advocate" for an employee when its client requested he be stood down during a serious misconduct investigation has been ordered to pay him compensation for a psychological injury.
An employer couldn't have reasonably foreseen an employee's "extraordinary" psychiatric response to his wrongful dismissal, a court has ruled in overturning his $1.44m damages award.
An employee who claimed he was "gaslighted" and bullied by colleagues more than a decade ago has been blocked from pursuing his discrimination claim, with a tribunal finding the lengthy delay in making his application was "inexcusable".
An employee who experienced "serious and repeated" sexual harassment at work has won an extra $129k in damages, after a court found the original $10k awarded was "inadequate in the extreme".
The Fair Work Commission has granted a worker's request for copies of emails, notes and reports related to her employer's internal processes, as part of her stop-bullying claim.
An employer's "outright rejection" of a trial return-to-work plan after an employee's lengthy absence was unlawful discrimination, a tribunal has ruled in awarding him more than $230k.
A director sexually harassed an employee when he slapped her on the bottom and twice declared his feelings for her, the Federal Court has found in ordering his employer to pay $268k in damages and compensation.
An employee who repeatedly provided "unacceptable" medical certificates to cover his absence effectively abandoned his employment, the Fair Work Commission has found.
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