An employer has defended a psychological injury claim from a manager who said he was "blindsided" by disciplinary meetings and undermined by his superiors.
It was reasonable for an employer to remove an employee accused of "very serious" s-xual harassment allegations, but its miscommunication about the matter aggravated his psych injury, a tribunal has ruled.
An employer's refusal to let an injured employee return to full-time duties, and its subsequent response to her bullying and discrimination complaints, were reasonable actions, a commission has ruled.
An employee has failed to convince a tribunal that a conference call in which she tearfully spoke of her father's death led to her dismissal on the grounds of disability.
An employee who claimed he was left to "drift into irremediable psychological illness" after he made a workers' compensation claim has failed to prove he was unlawfully dismissed.
An employee has failed on appeal to prove she was "badgered, bullied and mobbed" by colleagues while her performance was under review, resulting in a psychiatric injury.
An employer has failed to prove a psychological injury arose from reasonable management action, even though the supervisor in question was unaware of his impact on an employee.
Model WHS Regulations will be amended to address psychological health, ministers have agreed. Also in this article, why employers must consider how they will handle the looming super increase, and more.
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