An organisation-wide performance assessment was a "stressful exercise" for participating employees, but it was nonetheless "necessary", and reasonable, a tribunal has found in rejecting a psychological injury claim.
An employee's "understandable" response to s-xual harassment allegations against him wasn't "outside the boundaries of normal mental function", a tribunal has ruled in rejecting his workers' compensation claim.
An employer has failed to prove an employee's psychological condition was a "grief reaction" to her father's death, and not caused by her poor workplace relationship with a supervisor.
A manager's email about an employee's absence from work was a "bolt out of the blue" that caused his psychological injury, a tribunal has ruled in rejecting the employer's reasonable administrative action defence.
An employee called into "meetings upon meetings" about two workplace incidents, despite the fact she had already provided statements and received a final warning, has won her psychological injury claim.
An employee's perception of an "offensive and hostile" workplace, and of managers' attempts to fix it, caused her psychological injury, a commission has ruled.
An employee suffered a psychological injury as a result of two assaults and a perceived lack of employer support, and not because of reasonable disciplinary action, a commission has ruled.
The Fair Work Commission has ordered the reinstatement of an employee who was sacked while facing criminal charges, finding his employer "confected" allegations while he was absent.
An employer was right to investigate bullying complaints against an employee, but it has failed to prove that it was reasonable to later add numerous other allegations for consideration, a commission has ruled in psychological injury proceedings.
An employee who was subjected to "serious and repeated" harassment by her manager is entitled to more than the $10k in damages she was originally awarded, a court has ruled on appeal.
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