A depressed worker's long-running and prolix injury and discrimination claims have become even more complicated for his former employer, with an appeals court finding a tribunal arguably erred in dismissing his equal opportunity claim as frivolous.
A worker with epilepsy has been awarded damages for stress and humiliation under privacy laws, after a note containing her personal medical details was found in the staff toilet.
A worker who claimed his supervisor held a gun to his chest, and repeatedly bullied him for being "too old" to return to work after being injured, has been awarded workers' compensation.
Woolworths Ltd has an arguable case against a recent finding that a worker's ignorance of the stop-bullying jurisdiction justified her very late unfair dismissal claim, a commission has found. Meanwhile, a court has found an employer took adverse action against a pregnant worker by making her redundant two days before she went on maternity leave.
Establishing a post-incident framework where workers feel safe to report bullying and harassment is a vital step to ending bystander silence, a survey report on bullying and discrimination among doctors says.
A worker who sustained a psychological injury, as a result of her employer rejecting her application for assistance in undertaking a law degree, has failed in her bid for workers' compensation.
A superior court has found a major employer harassed a female employee for suffering a gynaecological disability requiring extended absences, but stressed that employers aren't obliged to grant unpaid sick leave to such workers. Meanwhile, a s-xually-harassed apprentice has been awarded $30,000 in compensation.
An employer evaded its responsibilities and appeared to breach disability discrimination laws by failing to enquire into a returning injured worker's capacity, a commission has found. Meanwhile, an unfairly dismissed worker who refused reinstatement offers has been denied compensation.
Employers are only obligated, under disability discrimination laws, to make reasonable adjustments for injured workers that enable them to perform their pre-injury roles, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled.
