The team at Kenny Spring Solicitors understands the stress and anxiety that can be caused when discrimination, harassment or bullying occurs in the workplace.
We have experience helping both employees and employers with these workplace issues as well as businesses in which these actions are alleged to have occurred. We have an intimate understanding of the processes and requirements for both bringing and defending these actions and pride ourselves on providing a calming, non-inflammatory professional service.
Australia features a national network of anti-bullying, discrimination and harassment laws that protect all national system employees, outworkers, work experience students, contractors/subcontractors and volunteers.
What constitutes discrimination bullying or harassment?
Workplace harassment and bullying takes place when an individual or group repeatedly behaves unreasonably towards a person or group at work and this behaviour creates a risk to health and safety. Examples of these situations can include:
- Aggressive and intimidating conduct
- Belittling or humiliating comments
- Practical jokes
- Exclusion from work-related events
- Unreasonably work expectations
Workplace discrimination differs slightly in that it occurs when a person feels they are being treated unreasonably because of their age, gender, sexual preference, disability or religious beliefs.
How we can help employees
Kenny Spring Solicitors can provide you with practical and cost effective legal advice if you think you have been the victim of workplace bullying or harassment. We can bring a claim to the Fair Work Commission who can then legally stop the action from occurring in the future. This could also include imposing anti-bullying requirements on the business, like holding staff training sessions and improving workplace policies and procedures.
If you have been forced to resign or have had your job terminated as a result of workplace discrimination you should come and see us straight away. We can lodge an adverse action claim with the Fair Work Commission on your behalf, but this does need to be done within 21 days of termination.
If you feel you have suffered from unlawful discrimination when applying for a job or whilst in a job, then we can explore other options available to you via Fair Work and the Australian Human Rights Commission.