An absent employee who was repeatedly blocked from returning to work has lost his stop-bullying claim, after the Fair Work Commission found he was not "at work" when the alleged behaviour occurred.
An employee has failed to prove two managers spoke to her in an "aggressive, intimidating and belittling" way, with the Fair Work Commission accepting their communications were "firm" but respectful.
The Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by an employee who claimed workplace bullying and harassment aggravated his underlying psychological condition.
An employee who made numerous bullying and harassment complaints about a manager during her seven weeks of employment has failed to prove she was unlawfully sacked.
An employee's stop-bullying claim has revealed a workplace in which gossip contributed to a "cyclone of drama" and fostered dysfunctional relationships, but she was part of the problem, a commission has found.
An employee who resigned because of a manager's "toxic" communication style has failed to prove this was her only option, despite the Fair Work Commission agreeing that it can be "very hard to tell a bully that they are a bully".
An employee who claimed he was screamed at and bullied by managers has lost his constructive dismissal claim, with the Fair Work Commission ruling that his resignation was an "overreaction" to the circumstances.
An employer's response to workplace bullying "fell well short of adequate", but it gave an employee several reasonable alternatives to resignation, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employer's enquiry into a worker's serious privacy breach caused her psychological injury, but it was a "necessary first step" in a reasonable disciplinary process, a commission has ruled.
The Federal Circuit Court has criticised an HR manager's decision to sack an employee rather than deal with the "dilemma" of her bullying allegations, and fined him $7.6k.
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