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Newshound
01-11-2012, 03:53 PM
Employers must perform a balancing act between protecting employees from bullying and providing fairness to the alleged bully in determining how severe any action taken should be.

Fair Work Australia has recently dismissed the unfair dismissal claim of an employee whose employment was terminated because of his sexual harassment and bullying of a co-worker, finding that the risk of the employee reoffending was high enough to warrant the dismissal.

Graham v Bankstown District Sports Club Ltd [2012] FWA 7977 has demonstrated that terminating the employment of a workplace bully may not only be justified in some circumstances, but also necessary for employers to ensure that employees and customers are provided with a safe environment.

Read the full article on Clayton Utz web site (http://www.claytonutz.com/publications/edition/25_october_2012/20121025/dealing_with_bullies_in_the_workplace-is_dismissal_justified.page)