The Fair Work Commission has rejected one employee's stop-bullying application, and another worker's request to halt disciplinary action until her bullying claim is heard. Meanwhile a new report shows the high cost of bullying-related compensation claims.
The Fair Work Commission has been taking a "very hard line" against employers seeking legal representation, putting the onus on HR professionals to argue their cases, a workplace lawyer says.
An employer has been found liable for a worker's anxiety and depression after a supervisor shared confidential details of his workplace bullying claim.
The FWC has accepted potential for conflict as a reason not to offer redeployment, while rejecting another employer's appeal against paying $70k to a dismissed worker. Also in this article, HR jobs fall; a think-tank identifies three key HR trends for 2018; grad employers report high satisfaction; and more.
An employer has successfully defended a claim that it breached its policy of preferring internal candidates for roles when it rejected an employee's application.
An employee who argued she was "doomed to fail" has lost her unfair dismissal claim. Also in this article, the top complaints managers make about summer workplace behaviour; "fascinating" findings about workaholics' engagement; employees disconnected to purpose and values; and more.
Informing HR managers of a worker's Asperger's diagnosis was reasonable management action, a commission has ruled in finding an employer not liable for his psychological injury.
An employer has faced down a claim from an unsuccessful candidate who argued the company's "soft target" of offering 50 per cent of available roles to women discriminated against him.
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