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Sexual harassment in the Workplace | MKI Legal

Summary The NSW Corrective Services dismissed a senior correctional officer in May 2021 after he had pleaded guilty to two charges of common assault against a co-worker with whom he’d had an extra-marital affair. The employer determined that the corrections officer violated the NSW Government Sector Employment Act but during the investigation of the incident/complaint,...[Read More]

Dismissal of Senior Officer – Was Misconduct In Personal Life Valid Grounds for Termination? - MKI Legal

Summary A production coordinator accused her manager of sexually harassing her throughout her six-month employment. She alleged that her manager tickled her and slapped her bottom whilst telling her that her bottom was too skinny. The production company immediately dismissed the manager but asked the production coordinator to keep her complaint confidential. &nbsp; The production...[Read More]

Sexually Harassed Employee Told To Keep Quiet, Manager Rehired - MKI Legal

Summary A service technician assigned at a remote iron ore mine site groped the breast of and pursued two young female cleaners. One of the female cleaners left the worksite declaring that it was too unsafe to return. An external investigation found the women’s complaints substantiated. After the external investigation, the management of the mining...[Read More]

Mine Technician Stood Down Because Of Allegations Of Sexual Harassment - MKI Legal

Summary A liaison officer agreed for her employer to use her image in a workplace poster urging employees to “Feel great—lubricate!” She had volunteered to participate in a spine safety campaign but had not been told how her photo would be used. A Chaldean Catholic, she nearly collapsed when she saw the widely circulated poster....[Read More]

Officer Faced Sexual Harassment After Participating In Safety Program - MKI Legal

A senior manager was first employed by a bank as a Customer Service Officer. Through 35 years of employment, he had reached the position of Senior Relationship Manager in a branch. He had been provided training on the bank’s policies regulating employee conduct. His most recent training focused on victimisation, discrimination, and sexual harassment. The...[Read More]

Misconduct at a work-related social event is a valid reason for dismissal - MKI Legal

A council worker was hired to work as a school crossing supervisor in March 2009. He was one of 108 school crossing supervisors employed by the council. He had been working for three years at the school crossing near a primary school.   Incident of 12 March 2021 Request to touch the teacher’s hair. A...[Read More]

Sexually harassing conduct weighs against harshness of dismissal - MKI Legal

Constable, promoted to senior constable, then, sergeant A constable had been posted at several police stations in New South Wales since he completed training at the police academy in 1997. In 2003, he was promoted to Senior Constable and in 2005, he was promoted to Leading Senior Constable. In 2012, he was promoted to the...[Read More]

Evidence of mild autism is insufficient to excuse sexually harassing conduct - MKI Legal

Aviation First Aid Training An Aviation Safety Training Instructor for Flight Operations had been employed with an Australian airline company since August 2013. On 7 January 2021, the training instructor conducted a training course for the airline employees at their jet base in Sydney. The training consisted in a morning and an afternoon session with...[Read More]

In investigating sexual harassment, employers cannot focus only on the applicant’s feelings to the exclusion of the factual context of the allegations - MKI Legal

Refusing a pregnant employee’s return to work – an adverse action prejudicial to employment for which employer meted civil penalty Case background The employer was a gourmet food distributor and it hired a sales executive full-time to visit customers to solicit orders. Her duties included driving for extended periods to visit their customers to solicit...[Read More]

Refusing a pregnant employee’s return to work – an adverse action prejudicial to employment for which employer meted civil penalty - MKI Legal

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