The employee made multiple bullying allegations covering a period of approximately 3 years. Amongst those allegations she claimed that: the first day she met the manager that the manager yelled and screamed at her in the office; she was detained against her will when...
The anaesthetist, who had worked at the Hospital for many years, claimed he had been bullied by two nurses at the Hospital in 2013 and 2014 and, as a consequence of his complaint to hospital management, he lost the opportunity to work on a particular surgery list...
Reasonable Management Action Trumps Bullying Claim A manager recently was successful in satisfying the Fair Work Commission that anti-bullying orders were not required because his actions were, on the whole, reasonable and lawful management actions. The employee had...
Updated Workplace Bullying Prevention and Management Guides Safe Work Australia have published updated versions of their anti-bullying guides. The two publications, “Guide for preventing and responding to workplace bullying” and “Dealing with workplace bullying – A...
Recent decision of interest: Interim anti-bullying orders to deal with picketing The Fair Work Commission has issued interim anti-bullying orders in a Melbourne Brewery dispute to stop five replacement workers from being approached or harassed by picketers. The...
It used to be the case that there was no national legislation prohibiting workplace bullying. This meant that a worker who wanted to pursue a bullying claim had to rely on general laws such as workers’ compensation laws, anti-discrimination laws and common law claims....