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Workplace bullying, performance management, and dismissals being effected “in person”

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This month we examine a case which considered the definition of bullying and also commented on what constitutes reasonable performance management. We also briefly look at a case where an employer dismissed an employee by email. What constitutes bullying under the Fair Work Act 2009 The Fair Work Commission recently dismissed an anti-bullying order sought […]

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FWC: Bullying, verbal abuse and sexual harassment did not justify dismissal

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This is another case that reminds employers again about the risks associated with providing employees with access to unlimited alcohol at workplace functions.  In this case, the employer was found to have unfairly dismissed the employee despite a long list of incidents at the workplace Christmas party and the subsequent after party. Background The behaviour […]

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Reinstatement ordered despite Christmas party harassment

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The New South Wales Industrial Relations Commission has decided that a public servant who admitted to touching five of his colleagues breasts’ at a work Christmas function should be reinstated to his position. Facts The employee had consumed a considerable volume of alcohol before attending a workplace function with a number of his work colleagues, […]

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Employee reinstated in breast case scenario

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The NSW Industrial Relations Commission has ruled that a public servant who admitted to touching five of his colleagues breasts’ at a work Christmas function should be reinstated to his position. The evidence in the case included that the a public servant had consumed a considerable volume of alcohol before attending a workplace function and […]

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