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Australian Workplace Tribunal Rules Facebook Unfriending Constitutes "Bullying"

Posted by samzenpus on from the don't-unfriend-me-bro dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Unfriending employees on Facebook and not saying good morning could constitute workplace bullying, an Australian workplace tribunal has ruled. Australia's Fair Work Commission decided that administrator Lisa Bird had bullied real estate agent Rachael Roberts after unfriending her from Facebook. The commission's deputy president Nicole Wells said the act showed a "lack of emotional maturity" and was "indicative of unreasonable behavior."

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  1. Re:What? by azav · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shut up, you bully.

    Why haven't you found me and sent a friend request to me yet?

    You bullying is oppressing me.

    You must be part of the patriarchy, you oppressor.

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    - Zav - Imagine a Beowulf cluster of insensitive clods...
  2. Re:What? by alvinrod · · Score: 4, Funny

    You'll even need to constantly send them messages telling them what a great person they are. Failure to do so will constitute bullying as a lack of positive emotional support can be considered stressful.

    Hopefully this idiocy is overturned in court.

  3. Re:What? by Locke2005 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Supermodels have been bullying me for years now by refusing to go out with me!!! Help! I'm being oppressed!

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    I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
  4. Re:Completely misleading click bait headline by tripleevenfall · · Score: 4, Funny

    Slashdot posted a BS headline. What happened next shocked everyone...

  5. Re:What? by gstoddart · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was OK with refusing to go out with me, but the restraining order was the last straw.

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