ANTI-BULLYING – likely to continue – ss.789FC, 789FF Fair Work Act 2009 – application for an order to stop bullying – applicant an employee of MECCA Brands P/L t/a Mecca Cosmetica since September 2015 – submitted she had been bullied by several colleagues in the course of her employment – applicant submitted that the alleged bullying took the form of a series of incidents including verbal abuse, harassment and the leaking of private medical information – employer introduced a number of initiatives in response to the applicant’s claims including relocating the persons alleged to have carried out the bullying behaviour (the Group) and reorganising break times to eliminate the chance of contact between applicant and the Group – employer also commissioned a third party investigation into the allegations and rolled out compulsory behavioural bullying and harassment training – Commission found that, even assuming that bullying behaviour did in fact occur, satisfying the first jurisdictional prerequisite of s.789FF(1)(b)(i) of the FW Act, the employer had done their utmost to eliminate the risk of bullying and had succeed in doing so – Commission found no jurisdiction to make an order to stop bullying – application dismissed. Ms Mekuria
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