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.
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.
