Changes to the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Act aim to protect workers from bullying; Finalists for Q-COMP Return to Work Awards announced; and Essential safety news from around Australia.
A Queensland supervisor's occasional "unprofessional and inappropriate" communication style did not amount to workplace bullying and harassment, Fair Work Australia has found in upholding her unfair dismissal claim.
A prominent employment lawyer has described Brodie's Law as little more than symbolic, and warned that workplace bullying will never be eradicated while it continues to be treated as an OHS issue.
Toll Group reveals six-step response to s-xual harassment complaint; Vigilance urged in Queensland after report points to high work death rate; and Major ACT inquiry prompted by construction deaths commences.
A former Australian Taxation Office employee, who posted 28 letter bombs and was then jailed for nearly a decade, has won his 20-year battle for workers' compensation.
A Western Australian worker who was sacked after being on sick leave and leave without pay for 30 months has won his unfair dismissal claim, after the State IRC found his absence was "authorised".
A former Wilderness Society worker's claim that he was bullied by the organisation's executive director has been dismissed, after the Tasmanian Supreme Court upheld a decision that his complaint was "misconceived and lacking in substance".
An employer that "responded swiftly" to a worker's complaint of s-xual harassment by a manager was not vicariously liable for the manager's actions, the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal has found.
Workplace bullying victims and witnesses in Victoria are being encouraged - on the first anniversary of the introduction of Brodie's law - to "take a stand", while the federal inquiry on bullying has heard, in Perth and Adelaide, that the problem is rife among younger workers.
