What Can you Do if you are Being Bullied at Work? Mental health organisation, ReachOut, recently compiled tips on how to deal with bullying in the workplace. According to an article published on ReachOut’s website, the first step is to keep a record of any bullying incidents that occur. This includes documentation of the time […]
Management of Sexual Harassment Negatively Affected by Male Managers Sex discrimination commissioner Kate Jenkins’, during her keynote address at the ‘Not In My Workplace’ Summit, said that gender inequality at the managerial level is a key driver of sexual harassmentgender inequality at the managerial level is a key driver of sexual harassmentgender inequality at the[…..]
Sixth AFP Staffer to Commit Suicide Amidst Allegations of Toxic Workplace A former Australian Federal Police (AFP) staffer was discovered dead in a Melbourne hotel on Monday morning. Before taking her life, Julie Woodward, who was employed as a criminal intelligence analyst at the AFP, sent police and news.com.au a 56-page suicide note. In the[…..]
House Rules Contestant Wins Workers Compensation Claim for Harm Done A recent decision of the New South Wales Compensation Commission (in the case of Prince v Seven NetworkPrince v Seven NetworkPrince v Seven Network (Operations) Limited [2019] NSWWCC 313), in which a reality television contestant was awarded compensation for bullying and harassment, has opened the[…..]
Survey Reveals Majority of People Who Witness Workplace Abuse don’t Report It According to a whitepaper released by Spot – an artificial intelligence tool which allows people to anonymously report abuse – of the 79% of participants who had seen an incident of workplace harassment or discrimination, an astonishing 77% never reported the incident to[…..]
Serious Injuries Related to Workplace Bullying Doubled in the Last Decade New data from Safe Work Australia has revealed that ‘the number of serious workplace injuries related to bullying and harassment has nearly doubled in Australia over the past decade.’ In the 2018-19 financial year, more than 1,800 people were compensated for a workplace injury[…..]
New Laws in Victoria to Imprison Negligent Employers for Employment Related Suicide New workplace manslaughter laws being introduced in Victoria could see negligent bosses face up to 20 years imprisonment and $16 million in fines for an employee who commits suicide. The proposed law is set to cover deaths caused by mental injuries sustained during[…..]
Ernst and Young Previous Training Encouraged Specific Grooming Requirements and Perpetuation of Stereotypes for Women Employees ‘Big four’ accounting firm, Ernst & Young, allegedly advised its female employees to look ‘fit’ and ‘not to address men face-to-face’. HuffPost reporter, Emily Peck, obtained a 55-page EY presentation55-page EY presentation55-page EY presentation known as the EY Power-Presence-Purpose[…..]
What Can an Employer do About Workplace Bullying? The Australian Workplace Barometer Project (2014-2015)Australian Workplace Barometer Project (2014-2015)Australian Workplace Barometer Project (2014-2015) found that workplace bullying costs Australian employers approximately $693 million per annum in lost labour and claims, it is unlikely this figure has decreased since these statistics. So what can an employer do[…..]
Uniqlo Settles Bullying Lawsuit Japanese retail giant, Uniqlo, has quietly settled a discrimination claim with a former Human Resources Manager. Melanie Bell, who resigned from the fast-fashion company in March 2018, filed a claim for $1 million in damages with the Federal Circuit Court in Melbourne this past February. Ms Bell alleged that, over the[…..]