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Industrial Relations Act 1996
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#### 144G Stop bullying orders
144G Stop bullying orders
> > (1) The Commission may make any order it considers appropriate to prevent an employee from being bullied at work by the individual or group if the Commission is satisfied that—
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> > > (a) the employee has been bullied at work, and
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> > > (b) there is a risk that the employee will continue to be bullied at work.
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> > (2) The order may apply to the following—
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> > > (a) the individual or one or more individuals in the group,
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> > > (b) the employee’s employer,
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> > > (c) a person conducting a business or undertaking if the bullying occurs in connection with the business or undertaking.
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> > (3) Without limiting the kinds of orders made under subsection (1), the Commission may order one or more of the following—
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> > > (a) the payment of damages to the employee as compensation for loss or damage suffered from the bullying,
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> > > (b) a prohibition on continuing or repeating the bullying,
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> > > (c) the performance of reasonable actions or a course of conduct to be carried out to redress loss or damage suffered by the employee,
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> > > (d) the publication of an apology or retraction,
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> > > (e) the development and implementation of a program or policy aimed at eliminating bullying.
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> > (4) The Commission must not order a payment of damages of more than $100,000 for an employee.
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> > (5) In determining the terms of the order, the Commission must take into account all of the following—
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> > > (a) other grievance or dispute procedures available to the employee that the Commission is aware of,
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> > > (b) outcomes, whether interim or final, the Commission is aware of from other—
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> > > > (i) investigations into the conduct the subject of the application, or
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> > > > (ii) grievance or dispute procedures carried out in response to the conduct the subject of the application,
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> > > (c) other matters the Commission considers relevant.
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> **s 144G:** Ins 2025 No 42, Sch 1\[9\].