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Category Archives: Harassment at Work
Workplace Bullying – remove it from its current legal and cultural designation as an OHS issue
National law firm principal, Josh Bornstein, says criminalising workplace bullying will not work, and Fair Work Australia should be given a new early intervention role to prevent cases reaching the point of irreversible damage. In a presentation at a Legalwise … Continue reading
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Costs Awarded Against Applicant in Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Case
Claims of discrimination or sexual harassment are not all just high stakes for employers. In a recent Federal Court decision in Dye v Commonwealth Securities Limited (No 2) 1 [2012] FCA 407, Vivienne Dye is now faced with the prospect … Continue reading
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Employer Escaped Liability in Sexual Harassment Case before NSW ADT
In the most recent case before the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal Cooper v. Western Area Local Health Network [2012] NSWADT 39 (9 March 2012) , a male health care worker, who was employed by the Western Area Local Health Network, was … Continue reading
Sexual Harassment and/or Sex Discrimination Complaints in the Workplace in Australia
Employers should recognise that the areas of risk when dealing with a sexual harassment and/or sex discrimination claim are expanding. The way in which sexual harassment and sex discrimination complaints are being brought and litigated is increasingly becoming more sophisticated … Continue reading
Federal Government Announces Workplace Bullying Review
Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten workplace bullying has announced a review of workplace bullying, to be conducted by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Education and Employment. The review will cover “the nature, causes and extent of workplace bullying“, … Continue reading
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Independent Investigations in Your Workplace – Bullying, Harassment and Discrimination – Training in Your Workplace
Brooke Pendlebury conducts investigations in your workplace to assist you in managing bullying and harassment or discrimination complaints, reduce the risk of escalation of these complaints through early intervention, and provide thorough, efficient and independent investigation findings, when necessary. A full and thorough investigation … Continue reading
Social Media Policy for Your Workplace – Dealing with Facebook, Twitter, Blogs at Work
A social media policy outlines for employees the guidelines or principles of communicating in the online world. A social media policy can be a company’s first line of defense to mitigate risk for both employer and employee. You may already … Continue reading
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General Protection Claims FWA
General protections claims brought under the Fair Work Act 2009 – how you can defend these claims? How can you pursue these claims? Understanding what is a workplace right, what constitutes an adverse action, and how to manage these in … Continue reading
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Workplace Bullying
What constitutes workplace bullying? It is important to understand what constitutes bullying, and what does NOT constitute bullying in the workplace. Too often employees mistake performance management, or receiving a direction to perform a task they do not like, as … Continue reading
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Sexual Harassment, Bullying and Discrimination
Discrimination, Harassment and Workplace Bullying No employer, whether you employ many people or only a few, can afford to ignore the legal requirements and responsibilities which the law now imposes on all employers in respect to workplace bullying, discrimination and harassment. … Continue reading
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