An employer's "ad hoc" approach to a sexual harassment allegation and its subsequent investigation caused an employee's psychological injury and were not reasonable actions, a commission has found.
Senior leaders and HR managers in the Productivity Commission will undergo trauma-informed and victim-centred response training, after a review revealed a "permissive" workplace culture where allegations of s-xual harassment and s-xism are minimised and inadequately investigated.
Regardless of finding it "offensive" that the success of her s-xual harassment complaint hinged on her employment status, a former employee has been denied the stop-SH orders she sought.
Workplace investigations are subject to far greater scrutiny now, with employers under more pressure to make their processes fair, safe, and procedurally sound. Watch this webcast to ensure your organisation's approach is as thorough and defensible as possible.
S-xual harassment allegations against an employee were part of an employer's "pre-meditated" plan to remove him from its business "in the most efficient way", the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employer has failed to prove it fairly sacked an employee for exposing a female colleague to explicit images, despite the Fair Work Commission accepting there was a "culture of inappropriate activity" among workers.
An employee who did not seek psychological treatment for a workplace sexual assault until more than two years after the incident has lost her workers' compensation claim.
An employee has been cleared to pursue a s-xual harassment claim against her former CEO and employer, despite the latter arguing she had welcomed the alleged behaviour.
In a decision that "highlights the perils of litigating hurt feelings", a court has found an employee wrongly interpreted "petty workplace disagreements" as race-based insults.
General protections claims are the fastest-growing category of applications in the Fair Work Commission, with reforms now underway to stem the tide. This webinar will discuss important developments in both procedural issues and case law.
