The FWC has ordered quarrelling parties to refrain from using artificial intelligence tools in their communications, to avoid unnecessarily "lengthy" and "accusatory" AI-prepared emails.
FWC has rejected a registered nurse's claim that an aged care home general manager bullied her by reducing her hours and allegedly banning her from picking up extra shifts when she complained of "burnout".
A sacked teacher has failed to revive his anti-bullying application despite claiming a female colleague s-xually harassed him when she called him "Mr Baldy".
An insolvent NT "space base" has been ordered to pay $2.3 million to its former chief executive, ousted shortly before NASA launched three commercial rockets from its Cape York site.
The FWC has upheld the dismissal of a nurse who attempted to start a competitor to an ANMF branch, finding that he called in sick and used the time to campaign, repeatedly complained about his colleagues and HR without foundation, and had been "indiscriminately rude".
A recruiter has failed to win $50,000 compensation from Bluescope Steel for allegedly sacking him following his complaints about being bullied by its HR team, after a judge took into account that he had previously lied to the FWC and "embellished" his résumé.
A cook has received almost $68,000 compensation after being sacked for supposedly refusing to attend mediation over her bullying claims – while in the midst of a Zoom meeting with a mediator.
The FWC should only dismiss an anti-bullying application at a preliminary stage if the absence of a future risk is clear, a FWC full bench has found in upholding the appeal of a worker on extended sick leave.
The FWC has declined to issue anti-bullying orders against a body corporate secretary despite observing her communication style was "seen as combative and demeaning" and that she displayed "the characteristics of a narcissist".
