19 SEPTEMBER 2013

From 1 January 2014, workers may apply to the Fair Work Commission for an order to stop bullying in the work place. This change in the Fair Work Act is significant because at present there is limited legislation in Australia which prohibits workplace “bullying”.

Under the new laws, a worker will be found to have been “bullied at work” where an individual or group behaves unreasonably towards that worker and that behaviour creates a risk to health and safety. Continue Reading