Posts Tagged ‘workplace bullying’
Performance Improvement Plan is not workplace bullying says Fair Work Commission – 3 Reasons Why?
The issue of workplace bullying has become a prevalent situation in workplaces of late especially those dealing with: Under resourced workforces Hard to manage or underperforming staff Lack of new staff coming in (or difficulty recruiting more) Losing key personnel and those in management roles Challenges around vaccination requirements and Government health orders Restrictions around…
Read MoreTop 3 Tips for Employers and HR: The Work Christmas Party
The Work Christmas Party can lead to claims early in the year. A sample of some of the claims our office at NB Lawyers – lawyers for employers have seen include: workplace bullying claims sexual harassment claims workers compensation applications general protections claims disputes and complaints under policy and procedure accusations of a criminal nature…
Read More5 Key Risks all Advisors need to know about Termination of Employment
A number of consultants, advisors, accountants, bookkeepers and business coaches have asked us recently about termination of employment. In particular, what are some of the issues to understand so that Employer’s risk and liability can be mitigated and even dissipated. 1. Unfair Dismissal Risk For many advisors there is an understanding of unfair dismissal and…
Read More15 text messages and 9 phone calls (amongst other things) to a Council HR Manager found to be excessive and intimidating – 2 learnings for dealing with intimidating employees
A Council employee was found to have engaged in serious misconduct for amongst other things harassing and being disrespectful to the HR manager. In the decision of Stamoglou v Banyule City Council [2020] FWC 4722 (15 September 2020) (Banyule Council Case) an employee filed an unfair dismissal claim saying that the Victorian Council that he worked for…
Read MoreWhat is reasonable management action? It does not need to be perfect.
The rise of workplace bullying, unfair dismissal and general protections claims in the Fair Work Commission is not surprising considering the current economic and business climate. Managers and supervisors gaining an understanding of what is reasonable management action done in a reasonable way must be learned and trained – organisations and employers need to seriously…
Read MoreSexual Harassment changes coming in the workplace – 4 changes indicated by the Respect@Work report
Scott Morrison and the Federal Government have announced a clear initiative to (in principle) accept a significant amount of the 55 recommendations around sexual harassment. There are some overarching themes with the changes and what has been pushed is a more clear path and more distinctive grounds for employees to file sexual harassment complaints, applications…
Read MoreUpward Bullying – the Rise of the Remote Working “Bully” 5 tips all Employers need to know
The pandemic has led to a number of changes in the workplace – words such as workplace flexibility, working from home, remote working, Zoom, Teams, virtual meeting are now common lexicon of the modern workplace. A number of clients recently have had to deal with Upward Bullying – a trend that has been on the…
Read More4 Major Steps an Employment Lawyer takes to Defend a Sexual Harassment claim for an Employer
With the backdrop of a number of sexual harassment claims currently in the news cycle and potentially plenty more. The issue of sexual harassment (and to some extent bullying) is prominent, a number of clients have sought our advice in defending their Directors, Executives, Managers and Supervisors and through vicarious liability the company against sexual…
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