The Fair Work Commission has rejected a worker's claim that she was forced to resign because her employer failed to properly deal with her bullying allegations while she was on extended sick leave.
A sales administrator bullied a worker, within the meaning of the Fair Work Act, when she aggressively lectured the worker and "defriended" her on Facebook for raising business concerns with another manager, the Fair Work Commission has found.
In an important ruling on time limits for starting common law actions in Western Australia, a Federal Court full bench has found in favour of an applicant who began his case before receiving written notification from the Workers Compensation Commission as required under the Act.
Spreading "misinformation or ill-will" against a worker constitutes bullying under the Fair Work Act, a commissioner has found in advising a company to develop policies on how workers in neighbouring businesses should treat each other.
A Supreme Court judge has applied the "eggshell psyche principle" in quashing an earlier decision to deny an injured worker compensation because her perceptions of bullying weren't reasonable.
Comcare focused too heavily on an employer's reasonable administrative action when it decided an employee who had been bullied and harassed wasn't entitled to workers' compensation, a tribunal has found.
The Queensland Government has promised to introduce domestic violence leave, tackle workplace bullying, and adopt all recommendations of an independent review of sexual harassment and bullying among firefighters.
Employers can combat the growing phenomenon of work-related cyberbullying by training workers to be more optimistic and resilient, as well as training them in email etiquette, Australian researchers say.
