If you take out the racial, sexual, age or other protected class aspect of workplace harassment and hostile work environment, you get, simply, bullying. There are no state or federal
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First Anti-Bullying Decision In Australia
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Australian Workplace and Discrimination Representatives, an Australian non-lawyer employee representative organization, recently noted on its blog that the Australian Fair Work Commission (“FWC”) issued its first ruling on May …
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Is “Brainstorming” Politically Incorrect?”
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Just heard from a normally reliable source that, at least in Australia, the term “brainstorming” is no longer an appropriate word for a group problem-solving technique, since it is deemed …
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Majority Of Female Doctors Report Sexual Harassment — By Patients
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Actionable sexual harassment in the workplace can be committed by anyone. Put simply, an employer may be liable for creating a hostile work environment when an employee reports harassment to…
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Principal Tells Teacher Poked By Students With A Phallic Celery That “Kids Will Be Kids”
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A teacher in Australia who was apparently “poked by students with a penis-shaped vegetable” (a carved piece of celery), sued the school’s principal and the Department of Education for sexual …
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Australia — And Louisiana — Wrestle With Same Military Sexual Harassment Issues As US
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For those readers who feel that we are picking on the US military too much for its sexual assault and harassment problems, let’s take a look at the Australian Defence…
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Older Women In Australia Report Age Bias In Employment
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Female Australians over the age of 45 have reported widespread age discrimination in employment, according to Diversity Council Australia (“DCA”). Said researcher Dr. Roger Wilkins: “Many Australians feel they’ve been …
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Australian Study: 80% Of Rural Employers Believe That Women’s Behavior Contributes To Their Sexual Harassment
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A new study coming out of the University of Canberra in Australia has found that in rural workplaces “the tendency to make sexual harassment invisible appears fairly widespread.” That is, “a…
Australian Same-Sex Sexual Harassment Case Against Former High Official To Continue
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The former aid to former Australian Federal Speaker Peter Slipper, who sued him for alleged sexual harassment, said that he will appeal the recent adverse ruling of the Federal Court…
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Proposed Law Would Permit Motels To Evict Legal Sex Workers: Resistance From Civil Liberties Groups Claiming Arbitrary Discrimination
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This is an employment discrimination story. Honestly.
According to Katherine Feeney of the Brisbane Times, Queensland, Australia is poised to pass an amendment to the Anti-Discrimination Act which would…