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The Fair Work Commission has rejected one employee's stop-bullying application, and another worker's request to halt disciplinary action until her bullying claim is heard. Meanwhile a new report shows the high cost of bullying-related compensation claims.

An employer has been found liable for a worker's anxiety and depression after a supervisor shared confidential details of his workplace bullying claim.

An employer that remained unaware of a worker's health issues while performance managing him has been cleared of unfair dismissal.

An employer has successfully defended a claim that it breached its policy of preferring internal candidates for roles when it rejected an employee's application.

Informing HR managers of a worker's Asperger's diagnosis was reasonable management action, a commission has ruled in finding an employer not liable for his psychological injury.

An employer has faced down a claim from an unsuccessful candidate who argued the company's "soft target" of offering 50 per cent of available roles to women discriminated against him.

An employer was wrong to dismiss a worker based on an HR investigation that excluded him from a crucial aspect, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

In separate s-xual harassment cases, derogatory and hostile comments towards a female colleague warranted an employee's dismissal but the employer's procedural flaws made it unfair; and another employer has defended sacking a worker for sending explicit images to his manager.

Retrenching a senior manager after she made bullying complaints did not amount to unlawful adverse action, a court has ruled.

An employer's decision to sack a worker for serious misconduct would have been unfair were it not for facts that emerged immediately after his dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.