On 15 July 2014 the Full Federal Court awarded a victim of sexual harassment $100,000 as compensation for her distress caused by the sexual harassment of her by a colleague at work. Before this decision compensation for non-economic loss in sexual harassment claims in Australia had effectively been capped at $20,000 (other than in cases of psychological trauma resulting in inability to work).
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Pregnancy, redundancy, discrimination – what’s OK and what’s not?
By Justine Turnbull on
Employers often have the misconception that employees who are pregnant or on parental leave cannot be lawfully dismissed or otherwise have their employment adversely affected.
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