Many issues put to the side during remote work are now rearing back up, requiring employers to more proactively address their workplace conflict risks, a specialist says.
Office-based employers will struggle to encourage their remote workers back unless they get rid of time-wasting meetings, according to an organisational development specialist.
The Fair Work Commission has upheld an employee's unfair dismissal claim despite "some level of underperformance". Also in this article: new cases on 'reasonable management action', workplace investigations gone wrong, redundancies and more.
A spike in employee disputes in the coming months is "inevitable", but a specialist says many are avoidable if employers use proactive mediation before deciding on workplace changes.
The Fair Work Commission is proposing to insert work-from-home and other flexible arrangements into modern awards. Also in this article: which industries have responded most smoothly to COVID; and the next step for remote working teams.
Having accepted that many employees do their best 'focused' work at home, leading organisations are now recasting their workspaces as hubs for collaboration and socialisation, a specialist says.
A 'whole self' approach to wellbeing and communication has enabled an award-winning health employer to 'reinvent' the culture that typifies its industry.
Despite organisations increasing their communication during the pandemic, much of it goes unread and employees still feel like they're in the dark, a specialist says.
Instead of looking for ways to return to "business as usual", employers could use the continuing uncertainty to turn their short-term workplace changes into long-term innovation strategies.
