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An effective response to a sexual harassment complaint
The issue: Company X is a multi-national company with a large workforce in Australia. It had excellent resources, including well written employment policies and procedures. When faced with an allegation of sexual harassment made by a junior employee against a senior manager, the Company found itself in very unfamiliar territory. Company X wanted to ensure both [...]
The challenge of managing injured employees
The issue: Company X is a medium sized enterprise and had an employee who was claiming to have been injured at work. The Company doubted the veracity of the claim and also wanted to know if they had to keep the employee ‘on the books’. The Managing Director was feeling frustrated and was considering dismissing the [...]
