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.
The median direct cost of a bullying-related workers' comp claim is nearly $20,000 higher than the all-claims average, according to Safe Work Australia's second annual statement on the issue. The agency has also released its 2015 workers' comp comparison report, as well as new operational and corporate plans.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected a worker's stop-bullying application after finding the unreasonable actions of a number of his managers weren't "repeated".
The Fair Work Commission has rejected a worker's claim that his managers bullied him by performance managing him over two procedural breaches, which, according to the worker, his colleagues regularly committed without any consequences.
A manager has been prohibited from entering a premises where two employees work, in the Fair Work Commission's first decision that makes both findings and orders under anti-bullying laws.
A worker's actions in repeatedly phoning a colleague after work hours constituted dismissible harassment, but his HR manager's "heavy handed" response to the incident, as well as her fabricated evidence, rendered the sacking unfair, the Fair Work Commission has found.
The inquiry into allegations of bullying against Victorian Small Business Minister Adem Somyurek - who resigned yesterday - considered the merits of referring the matter to police for investigation and prosecution under "Brodie's law", a Government report has revealed.
The parents of a worker who died in a car accident while driving from work to university have lost their appeal for death benefits, while a manager who sustained a psychological injury after being transferred has also been denied compensation on appeal.
A major law firm has outlined the key issues that the COAG review of the model WHS Act is likely to - or should - address in the coming months, as well as its "top 10" most important employment-related court and tribunal decisions for 2014-15.
