A worker has failed to convince a judge that her employer knew she was suffering from depression when it disciplined her for performance issues because she sobbed throughout the disciplinary meeting.
A worker's mentor acted reasonably in making comments about her appearance and the impression it gave about her work attitude, the Federal Court has found in rejecting the worker's psychological injury claim.
A tribunal has criticised an employer for failing to meet with a psychologically injured worker to resolve the management issues that contributed to his condition and help him return him to work.
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.
A passenger in a work vehicle has the same implied and statutory duty to observe safety signs and communication procedures as the driver, a commissioner has ruled in finding an employer was right to discipline a worker for using his mobile phone at the time of a crash.
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 union's decision to challenge a ruling on sick leave in the High Court has highlighted the importance of employers having "good documents and a thoughtful decision-making process" to defend against adverse action claims, according to a senior IR lawyer.
The actions of a company's general and HR managers, in berating a worker in a surprise meeting before threatening to discipline him, constituted repeated unreasonable behaviour and bullying within the meaning of the Fair Work Act, the Fair Work Commission has found.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected a safety manager's unfair dismissal claim, finding he provided colleagues with impractical safety advice and sent abusive personal emails using his professional LinkedIn account.
A Telstra employee who believed his workload was excessive has been awarded workers' compensation for a stress-related injury, with the AAT finding it was irrelevant that others coped with equal or greater demands.
