The FWC has taken fewer than 250 words to dismiss a worker's anti-bullying application, finding his complaints about "negative remarks" and being held to a dress code by a NDIS provider "devoid of merit".
The FWC has found that Woolworths' managers did not bully an employee when it put her under "undue pressure" as it sought to lift her department's performance, but suggested the retail giant undertake "more proactive intervention" to address issues in the workplace.
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".
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".
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".
The FWC has castigated a union delegate for abusing its anti-bullying processes to "settle personal scores" with managers, branding it "completely inappropriate".
FWC member and former ETU NSW branch secretary Bernie Riordan has thrown out a demand that he recuse himself from an anti-bullying case due to his alleged "connection" with a union leader named as a respondent, saying the tribunal would "grind to a halt" if it acceded to such requests.
