The Fair Work Act is quiet on who can be subjected to an anti-bullying order, and employers could be forced to stop dealing with particular customers or suppliers accused of bullying, according to IR expert Professor Andrew Stewart.
NSW Labor will double WorkCover's inspectorate, return safety prosecutions to the Industrial Court and enact special anti-bullying laws if it defies the polls to win this Saturday's State election.
An HR manager acted unreasonably in failing to gauge whether a worker was able to continue with a surprise two-hour meeting, during which the worker was bombarded with allegations of bullying and harassment, the ACT Supreme Court has found.
Encouraging employees to socialise out of hours is good leadership practice, but employers should reconsider whether such encouragement extends to "kicking on" into the night, a Fair Work Commissioner has said in an unfair dismissal dispute.
The Victorian Magistrates Court has rejected a manager's claim that his psychological injury arose from being overworked and bullied by managers, finding he sustained it after he was suspended for abusing colleagues.
A worker who claims her supervisor directed her to accompany him alone in his work vehicle, before taking her to a caravan park "to party", has been awarded workers' compensation for a psychiatric injury.
The Fair Work Commission has found that workers aren't required to report bullying to their employers before applying for stop-bullying orders, and that sacking a worker doesn't necessarily nullify his or her bullying application.
