An employer validly dismissed a longstanding worker for bullying and safety breaches, after he sent a "divisive" email to 170 colleagues criticising four employees for agreeing to undertake firefighting training, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employer that sacked a manager for bullying, based on hearsay from a Workplace Health and Safety Queensland inspector, has been ordered to pay him $50,000 in compensation.
A worker who claimed a manager singled him out and micromanaged him has been refused stop-bullying orders, in a case applying a 2015 test for unreasonable behaviour.
A worker was unfairly dismissed for failing a random alcohol test because his employer failed to resolve earlier work issues, which, after a chance encounter, resulted in him feeling anxious and consuming too much alcohol, a commission has found.
A worker who swore at his supervisors and intimidated other staff while attempting to make a workplace complaint has failed to convince a court that his subsequent dismissal constituted adverse action.
A large employer with experienced HR personnel has been refused permission to engage lawyers for its battle against a worker's bid for stop-bullying orders.
A Fair Work Commission full bench majority has stressed that family and domestic violence (FDV) is a "workplace issue that requires a workplace response", in finding that workers should have access to unpaid FDV leave and FDV-related carer's leave.
A superior court has found a major employer harassed a female employee for suffering a gynaecological disability requiring extended absences, but stressed that employers aren't obliged to grant unpaid sick leave to such workers. Meanwhile, a s-xually-harassed apprentice has been awarded $30,000 in compensation.
A judge has found that two union officials were entitled to investigate suspected safety breaches at a construction site based on photographs supplied through Facebook, but their entry notice was invalid because it didn't include their middle names.
Standards Australia Ltd has defeated allegations that it misleadingly claimed a revised Standard for height work provides "greater safety to users" than the previous edition, in a case brought by an employer required to comply with the Standard.
