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Bully for you: past acts relevant in new jurisdiction

Published: 06 March 2014 5:23pm

The Fair Work Commission has ruled that it is not prevented from considering behaviour that occurred before the start of the new bullying jurisdiction on January 1 this year when dealing with applications for orders to stop the conduct.

Big gaps in privacy, social media protection for Australian workers: Forsyth

Published: 05 March 2014 4:08pm

Job candidates in Australia enjoy better privacy protection of their personal information than current or former employees, according to RMIT University's Professor Anthony Forsyth.

Tribunal criticises company for conduct "bordering on inhumane"

Published: 05 March 2014 12:01pm

The Fair Work Commission has criticised a major Australian corporation for failing to give enough support to an employee who sought an internal transfer on medical grounds so that he could continue working, despite finding that his dismissal for abusing a manager was not unfair.

Ashby wins leave to appeal in Slipper harassment case

Published: 28 February 2014 4:23pm

The Federal Court has granted James Ashby leave to appeal against the finding that his sexual harassment action against former Speaker Peter Slipper was an abuse of process, holding the original judge did not exercise "appropriate caution" in determining motivation.

Bullying claims largely against supervisors: FWC

Published: 28 February 2014 11:06am

A high proportion of the 66 bullying claims made so far have been against supervisors, and many could be thwarted by the Fair Work Act's "reasonable management action" exemption, according to a Fair Work Commissioner.

Abetz asks FWC equal pay bench to focus on legislative "text"

Published: 25 February 2014 4:53pm

The Federal Government is urging the Fair Work Commission not to be "distracted by" the former Labor Government's broader pay equity principles when assessing an equal remuneration application for childcare workers.

Voiceless: Research shows workers not reporting harassment

Published: 25 February 2014 2:35pm

Retail and hospitality workers who are sexually harassed by customers at work might not feel they are able to report and deal with the abuse, according to university research.

Bandt bill on disability, NESB employment; and Gender reporting to be weakened?

Published: 24 February 2014 4:35pm

Gender reporting requirements "red tape"?; and Bandt bill seeks greater disability, NESB employment.

Gender equality reporting system "easier, quicker" than old regime: Director

Published: 19 December 2013 1:07pm

The Workplace Gender Equality Agency says the new mandatory reports that employers of 100-plus employees must submit on April 1 next year will be "significantly easier and quicker to complete" than those under the previous regime. Meanwhile, the WGEA is relaunching its employer of choice accreditation scheme.

NSW government guilty of indirect racial discrimination: Tribunal

Published: 19 December 2013 8:30am

A clinical pharmacist has established that a NSW public hospital indirectly discriminated against him on the basis of race because pharmacists from an Arabic background could not meet promotion criteria.

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