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A court has thrown out a worker's claim that an employer negligently exposed her to workplace bullying, finding some of the alleged acts of bullying involved efforts to maintain safety standards and enforce lawful directions.

A commission has refused a worker stop-bullying orders in a case providing "lessons" on change management failures, which previously led to an organisation losing an adverse action case and being handed a $12,000 penalty.

A government employee was unfairly sacked for "bullying and intimidation" after voluntarily involving herself in a stranger's child custody dispute while she was on unpaid leave, a commission has ruled, finding her actions weren't bullying within the meaning of WHS laws or the dictionary.

A manager's evidence on the support a worker received has helped establish a reasonably arguable case against the worker's claim that alleged bullying and work stress caused her psychological condition.

A worker has failed to obtain stop-bullying orders against a colleague who, in a "single outburst", threatened him and told him he wasn't welcome in the workplace or at an upcoming work dinner.

A worker's inappropriate s-xual jokes and comments constituted s-xual harassment and provided a valid reason to dismiss him, according to a commissioner, who has also warned his former employer to do more to meet its positive WHS duty to prevent harassment.

A worker's 18 grounds of appeal against an injury ruling have been dismissed, with a court upholding findings that he was not bullied by his managers and all the cited management actions taken against him were reasonable.

A tribunal has found that while workplace factors only made up one-tenth of the contributing factors to a worker's psychological condition, his employment was still a "significant" contributor.

A worker who felt undue pressure to perform tasks beyond her work restrictions, after her post-surgery return-to-work plan was not communicated to management, has successfully argued she has compensable a psychological injury.