Employment Services Australia Pty Ltd v Poniatowska

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation2010-0727 FCA A,2009-0623 FCA C,[2010] FCAFC 92
Year2009
Date2009
CourtFull Federal Court (Australia)
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7 cases
2 firm's commentaries
  • Federal Court Orders Employer Pay Employee $466,000 For Sexual Harassment
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • September 7, 2009
    ...of taking complaints of harassment seriously and appropriately investigating and handling such complaints. In Poniatowska v Hickinbotham [2009] FCA 680 the Federal ordered that $466,000 be paid by an employer to a former employee in damages for unlawful discrimination. Ms Poniatowska was em......
  • The Workplace - Spring Edition - October 2009, Case Round Up
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • October 7, 2009
    ...importance of employers being candid with the court regarding its plans for making agreements with employees. Poniatowska v Hickinbotham [2009] FCA 680 (23 June A company has been ordered to pay a near-record $466,000 in damages to a former female employee who was sexually harassed by two m......
1 books & journal articles
  • Rethinking Richardson: Sexual Harassment Damages in the #MeToo Era
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 49-2, June 2021
    • June 1, 2021
    ...a further risk that an unsuccessful complainant will have72. Lee v Smith [2007] FMCA 59, 161 [215] (‘Lee’).73. Poniatowska v Hickinbotham [2009] FCA 680, 106 [353] (‘Poniatowska’).74. Ibid.75. Beth Gaze, ‘The Sex Discrimination Act at 25: Reflections on the Past, Present and Future’ in Marg......

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