Family & domestic violence (46 items)

A major review has largely rejected arguments that the Closing Loopholes reforms have had "unintended consequences" for employers, however it recommends that clearer guidance should be developed as a priority, to reduce uncertainty and complexity.

It's difficult for workplaces to help employees experiencing FDV if they don't know what signs to look out for, and some are easy to miss, a support and advocacy specialist says.

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Being the subject of an apprehended domestic violence order application does not attract protection from adverse action under the Fair Work Act, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled.

For many employees in abusive relationships, breaks from work are cause for fear, not celebration, and managers must therefore prepare for FDV disclosures, a leadership specialist says.

The Fair Work Commission has cleared an employee to pursue a late general protections claim, criticising her employer for arguing she should have been able to file it on time despite experiencing health issues and ongoing FDV.

The "optics" would be poor if an employer retained a senior employee who was convicted of domestic violence, a commission has found in rejecting his unfair dismissal appeal.

An employee who breached an AVO by approaching his former partner at work has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission it was a "family matter" and that his dismissal was unfair.

Opponents of trauma-informed investigations sometimes argue this approach weakens the process, but in fact the opposite is the case, according to a workplace culture specialist.

Work is not merely a location where intimate partner violence can occur, or where victim-survivors might escape it, according to researchers who say the problem is more fluid, "surfacing anywhere".