A new action plan, prompted by widespread reports of discrimination, bullying and s-xual harassment by surgeons, has outlined strategies for transforming workplace culture.
Three people accused of workplace bullying have lost their bid for $51,000 in costs incurred defending the allegations, after the Fair Work Commission found the alleged victims didn't act vexatiously in applying for stop-bullying orders.
The amount of sick leave taken by NSW public sector employees has risen by 7.9 per cent in the last five years, suggesting employers need to introduce strategies for the ageing workforce and disengaged employees, a new report has found.
In a long-running workplace bullying dispute involving insulting Facebook posts and an employee "Code of Silence", the Fair Work Commission has ordered an employer to train managers in forensic investigative techniques and arrange meetings with a safety inspector.
The Fair Work Commission has declined to make stop-bullying orders against an employer that introduced a number of "positive initiatives" to improve its culture after a worker complained of bullying last year.
A worker's "torrid" abuse of a colleague at a conference constituted "repeated and unreasonable behaviour", within the meaning of bullying, even though it lasted little more than 20 minutes, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Employers must approach workers who take sick leave after complaining of workplace bullying with caution, but also ensure such workers participate in investigations, a senior Fair Work Commission member says in a new book.
An employer took adverse action against a worker in terminating her employment after she complained that her boss called her a "slut", the Federal Circuit Court has found.
