The Fair Work Commission is preparing for some 3,500 bullying-related applications annually under the federal government's IR bill passed by the House of Representative yesterday, while the Law Council of Australia has warned there is "real potential" for employees to use the bullying provisions to bring "unfair dismissal type proceedings".
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