Employment Workplace Relations

Director, Philip Brewin is a specialist in Workplace Relations and heads our Workplace Relations Work Group.

Wednesday, 18 December 2013

Being bullied at work? The Fair Work Commission is here to help (but read the fine print)

From 1 January 2014 bullied workers may be able to apply to the Fair Work Commission for an order for the bullying to stop.  Changes to the Fair Work Act 2009 enacted by the previous Labor government and kept in place by the current coalition government (in a rare example of bipartisan support on an issue) are designed to cover not only employees but contractors, subcontractors, volunteers and even work experience students. Everyone within...