An employer accused of vicarious liability for an employee's sexual harassment has failed to have her claim struck out on the basis that it was prejudiced by the historical nature of her allegations.
When a large employer launched a new complaints process for its workforce it worried about "opening floodgates", but instead it has facilitated better dialogue with employees and clients, its people leader says.
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An employee has failed to convince the Federal Court that the real reason for his dismissal was not alleged s-xual harassment, but because he accused his manager of defamation on numerous occasions.
The Fair Work Commission has ordered an employee's reinstatement after finding "one isolated incident" at work, which resulted in criminal charges, didn't warrant dismissal "without some kind of warning first".
A commissioner has chastised a manager for his abusive outbursts at work and for failing to exercise "extreme caution" when sending sexually graphic messages from company-linked social media accounts.
