Teacher Awarded Compensation over Twitter Defamation

Workplace harassment can happen in a number of different environments, not just in the office as was upheld by a recent ruling in the NSW district court. In the first case of its kind, NSW teacher Christine Mickle successfully sued a former student for defamation via popular social media platform Twitter. The student was ordered […]

Workplace Bullying – Effective Responses

  Video: The anti-bullying amendments to the Fair Work Act, introduced on 1 January 2014, mean that employers can no longer overlook complaints of workplace bullying. It sends a clear message that bullying in the workplace will no longer be tolerated. WISE CEO Harriet Stacey gives examples of recent instances when workplace bullying has been […]

Flexible work: a privilege not a right

Are you or your employees in the dark about their work arrangements? Maybe it’s time to shed light on this. Formalising flexible working arrangements could help protect both employees and managers when it comes to drawing a line in the sand between bullying and harassment and reasonable management action. A recent case brought against the […]

WISE Workplace is expanding!

We are pleased to announce our merger with LKA Group Pty Ltd, a national investigations company. The merger becomes official on 1 January 2014.  On that date our combined firm will begin conducting its practice under the same familiar name of WISE Workplace with offices in Sydney, ACT, Melbourne, Brisbane, Hobart and Perth. Merging with […]

Spotting the difference between flirtatious behaviour and criminal sexual conduct at work

What is “sexting”? “Sexting”, (the creation, possession and transmission of sexually suggestive or explicit messages or images), is all the rage with seemingly even the most conservative of your employees potentially drawn into seductive messaging over their phones. However, employers who employ young people may need to consider the potential criminal ramifications when they are […]