Receptionist awarded $170,000 after employer breached the Fair Work Act 2009

A receptionist has won an adverse action case against her former employer – a brothel called the Daily Planet – which dismissed her after she refused […]

The cost of race discrimination and how to eliminate it from the workplace

The controversy caused by a study into the cost of race discrimination on the economy is making headlines today in The Australian newspaper. The study […]

Compliance training wards off anti-bullying order

A recent decision on bullying by the Fair Work Commission demonstrates the need for comprehensive compliance training – even if it occurs after a bullying […]

Record Payout for Employee Sexually Harassed at Work

An employer has been ordered to pay over $300,000 in compensation – plus legal costs – to its employee after she was found to have […]

Workplace culture of emergency services under scrutiny for bullying and gender inequality

Less than a week into the aftermath of the investigation by the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (VEOHRC) into bullying and sexual harassment […]

Nurofen fined millions for misleading and deceptive conduct claims

Reckitt Benckiser, the manufacturer of pain relief medication Nurofen, has been successfully sued by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and will be ordered […]

Police challenged to change culture of sexual harassment and workplace bullying

As we have reported, over recent months, the medical and education industry sectors are just two of those in which individuals have pursued claims and […]

Bullying update

Since January 2014, workers have been able to pursue complaints of bullying to the Fair Work Commission, following amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 […]

Bullying update

Since January 2014, workers have been able to pursue complaints of bullying to the Fair Work Commission, following amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 […]

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