Article
Stop the bullying: The anti-bullying provisions in the Fair Work Act and restoring the employment relationship
UNSW Law Journal
(2015)
Abstract
‘We just want it to stop’ was the catchcry adopted by the House of
Representatives Standing Committee on Education and Employment
(‘Parliamentary Committee on Workplace Bullying’) in respect of its 2012 report
into workplace bullying in Australia.1 The authors of that report recommended
‘that the Commonwealth Government implement arrangements that would allow
an individual right of recourse for people who are targeted by workplace bullying
to seek remedies through an adjudicative process’.2 The Australian Government
responded, and on 1 January 2014 Australia’s industrial relations umpire, the Fair
Work Commission (‘FWC’), was given jurisdiction to hear and determine antibullying
applications under part 6-4B (the ‘anti-bullying jurisdiction’) of the Fair
Work Act 2009 (Cth) (‘FWA’).3
Disciplines
Publication Date
2015
Citation Information
Worth, R., and Squelch, J. (2015). Stop the bullying: The anti-bullying provisions in the Fair Work Act and restoring the employment relationship. UNSW Law Journal, 38(3), 1015-1045.