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A worker who suffered numerous incidents of "unreasonable behaviour" at work has failed in his stop-bullying application, because they involved different managers and therefore weren't repetitious.

The Fair Work Commission has banned a manager from contact with two employees for two years, in only the second orders it has issued under the anti-bullying regime.

Managing an ill, injured or absent employee back into, or out of, the workplace requires a cautious approach. This webcast will help you ensure every step taken minimises rather than adds to your organisation's legal risks.

A long-serving employee who justified an altercation with a colleague as "a man's right to fight back" was harshly dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has found.

The Fair Work Commission has refused an HR manager's request to correct its erroneous reporting of her conduct towards an employee who accused her of bullying.

Employers should tailor their motivation techniques for the changing nature of work, not a shift in the generations undertaking it, says an HR analytics expert.

A worker who resigned after her employer unilaterally raised her sales targets has successfully claimed it was a forced dismissal and amounted to adverse action.

An employer breached the National Employment Standards and a worker's contract when it failed to return him to full-time work after parental leave, but it did not take adverse action against him, a court has ruled.

An employer's response to a situation involving a worker with "homicidal intent" has cost it nearly $3.9 million in damages.

A large employer has been ordered to reinstate a worker who was sacked for racist comments towards a colleague, after the Fair Work Commission found numerous failings in its processes led to the dismissal.