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Anti-bullying claim a "waste of resources": FWC
It would have been "sensible" for a worker to take up the "generous support" offered by his employer, rather than filing an "unwarranted" anti-bullying claim, the FWC has ruled, finding a performance management plan, letter of expectations and a warning amounted to reasonable management action.
The IT systems administrator in May last year filed the application, in which he alleged that his direct line manager, the senior manager of maintenance and facilities and the HR manager bullied him, but his employer claimed that all the alleged instances of "bullying" amounted to reasonable management action carried out in a reasonable manner.
The administrator took up an entry level IT job with Cimpress Australia Pty Ltd, trading as Vistaprint, in May 2023.
An important part of his role involved providing help desk support to the manufacturing and production teams to ensure that the machinery ran as it should, enabling the teams to meet production deadlines...
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