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.
An employee who was not given a reasonable opportunity to defend himself against "very serious" misconduct allegations has won maximum compensation for unfair dismissal.
An employee must acknowledge a colleague's "distressful experience" in writing, and refrain from discussing a video of her, as part of consent orders handed down in response to a s-xual harassment application.
Even employees who understand why and when they should speak up about workplace issues won't do so if employers fail to eliminate some common barriers, a lawyer and HR specialist says.
Under organisations' positive duty to manage workplace s-xual harassment risks, it's crucial to foster a culture where employees feel safe to raise issues. Watch this webcast to learn how to move from simply responding to complaints, to a proactive approach.
An employer has been warned to do more to meet its positive duty to prevent s-xual harassment, after the Fair Work Commission found an employee's inappropriate behaviour went "unchecked" for years.
The Federal Government has introduced a bill to establish a "new specialist parliamentary human resources agency", to better deal with workplace misconduct.
An employee has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission that he didn't deserve to be dismissed because his numerous Facebook friend requests and unsolicited messages to a young female colleague were actually from his seven-year-old son.
All employers should consider putting in place a workplace s-xual harassment prevention plan, even though such plans are only expressly prescribed in one jurisdiction, according to a risk management expert.
Recent events have shone a spotlight on whistleblowing, placing employers firmly on notice that their response to a protected disclosure could be subject to intense scrutiny. Watch this webcast to understand the role HR plays in this challenging space.
