An employer "wildly exaggerated" its inability to pay an employee her full redundancy entitlement, but has nonetheless succeeded in reducing the amount.
An employee has failed on appeal to prove she was "badgered, bullied and mobbed" by colleagues while her performance was under review, resulting in a psychiatric injury.
An employer's "protracted failure" to address an employee's harassment complaints left her with no choice but to abandon her employment, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
It was "entirely appropriate" for an employer to propose dismissal for workplace behaviour that "fit the classic pattern of an escalation for s-xual harassment", a commission has ruled.
A Fair Work Commission member's failure to recuse himself from hearing a stop-bullying case has had the 'regrettable' knock-on effect of making his ruling invalid.
Mandating the flu vaccination was a "comfort" a large employer could rely upon to defend itself against potential litigation, and was lawful and reasonable, the Fair Work Commission has found in upholding an employee's dismissal.
An employer has failed to prove a psychological injury arose from reasonable management action, even though the supervisor in question was unaware of his impact on an employee.
A report on serious incidents in Parliament House recommends training all staff on workplace respect, among other steps. Also in this article, how #MeToo has impacted mentoring.
An employee rebuked for 'abandoning' work to celebrate winning a damages claim has failed to convince a tribunal the counselling constituted further victimisation.
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