In best-practice responses to workplace s-xual harassment, all parties are empowered, but non-disclosure agreements prioritise the victim's wishes, a new report says.
An employer's "protracted failure" to address an employee's harassment complaints left her with no choice but to abandon her employment, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
It was "entirely appropriate" for an employer to propose dismissal for workplace behaviour that "fit the classic pattern of an escalation for s-xual harassment", a commission has ruled.
An employee rebuked for 'abandoning' work to celebrate winning a damages claim has failed to convince a tribunal the counselling constituted further victimisation.
The Federal Circuit Court has rejected that an employer 'concocted' an employee's redundancy after she complained about bullying and "dark and damaging" workplace behaviours.
In a case that illustrates the challenges of shifting a culture where inappropriate behaviour is considered normal, an employer with "a considerable way to go" has defended an unfair dismissal claim because its actions were "consistent with a reforming workplace".
An employee who posted a s-xually suggestive meme on social media "with the aim to upset" was fairly dismissed, despite the workplace's "robust" culture, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
As employers put more effort into preventing workplace s-xual harassment, they are being warned to expect statistics to get worse before they get better.
An employee who was traumatised after featuring in a s-xually suggestive poster has successfully sought maximum damages from her employer and its workplace health advisor for discrimination and harassment.
Especially in light of the broadening 'workplace', employers that still don't provide guidance around social media use are exposing themselves to growing legal risks, a lawyer says.
