This month we’re revisiting some of the most viewed ADR Research Network blogs. This Blog by Carmelene Greco – Monash law student studying Non-Adversarial Justice with Associate Professor Becky Batagol in 2016 was posted in 2017 and has the most all time views – 13, 260 – of all our posts. Congratulations Carmelene!
By Carmelene Greco
This post is the final in a series of posts on this blog written by students studying Non-Adversarial Justice at the Faculty of Law at Monash University in 2016. Students were invited to write blog posts explaining various complex areas of law relating to dispute resolution to ordinary readers. The very best post on each topic is published here.
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The practice of mediation to resolve workplace bullying allegations is controversial and largely debated amongst academics. Ironically, effective resolution of such disputes is extremely important in our jurisdiction, with Australia having substantially higher rates of workplace bullying when compared to our international counterparts. This “hidden problem” requires a specialist and careful response but mediation is not it, and it may in fact make the situation worse.
Workplace bullying is notoriously difficult to define and there is still no nationally…
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