The Fair Work Commission has issued anti-bullying orders banning picketing union members from harassing a replacement workforce or holding up offensive signs.
A worker's claims that her manager over-worked and micromanaged her were driven by revenge, a commission has found in rejecting the worker's application for stop-bullying orders.
The Fair Work Commission has agreed to suppress the identities of five anti-bullying applicants, who fear that the alleged conduct against them will escalate either at or away from work if their names are revealed.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected a worker's application for stop-bullying orders, but stressed that the employer could have "significantly curtailed" the proceedings if it had been more honest about the worker's employment future.
A recent $436,000 injury damages case shows how important it is for employers to proactively look for and deal with signs of worker distress, employment and WHS lawyer Donna Trembath says in this Q&A with OHS Alert.
An employer breached its duty of care to a worker in encouraging her to take on a client with a known history of substance abuse and violent behaviour, who s-xually assaulted her, a superior court has found.
A major employer has resolved an anti-bullying application to the Fair Work Commission by complying with a simple recommendation to remove two alleged bullies from a disciplinary process involving the applicant.
A school principal bullied an OHS representative by assigning a business manager, who the rep had a poor relationship with, to take part in her annual review, the Fair Work Commission has found.
A worker isn't entitled to a lump sum workers' compensation payment for a psychiatric injury because she previously received damages under anti-discrimination laws, a commission has found.
