Regularly questioning an employee about why he wasn't completing his assigned tasks amounted to bullying and harassment, and caused his psychological injury, a commission has ruled.
An employee who claimed he had no choice but to quit after being placed on repeated performance improvement plans has lost his unfair dismissal claim, with the Fair Work Commission finding his employer took "reasonable steps" to support him.
"Ongoing" performance monitoring, along with a team leader's management style and a heavy workload, caused an employee's psychological injury, a commission has ruled in rejecting an employer's 'reasonable action' defence.
Work can be "as addictive as drugs or alcohol", but workaholism isn't receiving enough attention as a psychosocial health issue to manage, according to an occupational psychologist.
Employers will often blame their recruitment process for not having the right talent in place, but often there's a lack of understanding and agreement on what high performance looks like, assessment specialists say.
A remote worker has failed to prove her dismissal for having "low keystroke activity" over a three-month period was unfair, with the Fair Work Commission finding her failure to perform duties was not "minor" or "incidental".
Managers are now noticeably more reluctant to take action that might pose a psychosocial hazard, but holding back can create a "much worse" problem, a workplace lawyer warns.
It was "extremely unfair" for an employer to rely on historical – and resolved – performance issues when dismissing an employee, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in awarding him maximum compensation.
A manager's "performance discussion" with an employee was actually an "unsatisfactory exchange of views conducted in a cursory and excited manner", the Fair Work Commission has found in unfair dismissal proceedings.
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