Employees' confidence that leaders genuinely prioritise their wellbeing is continuing to decline, new data suggests. Meanwhile, the treatment of LGBTIQ+ employees at work is getting worse, not better.
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Capability, rather than "courage", is what drives employees to act when they witness workplace misconduct or inappropriate behaviour, according to a people and culture expert.
The number one barrier to bystander intervention in the workplace isn't apathy, but employees thinking they don't have "permission" to act, a behaviour specialist says.
In prioritising the "good of the organisation", a people and culture manager's response to an employee's sexual harassment complaint was "flawed", a tribunal has ruled.
The "destabilising" effect an employee had on the workplace was the reason for her termination, and not the bullying complaint she filed just before it, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled in rejecting her adverse action claim.
Discussing a polyamorous lifestyle wasn't in itself a valid reason to sack an employee, however his conversations went beyond that, the Fair Work Commission has noted in upholding his dismissal.
One in three Australian workers (33%) report having experienced workplace sexual harassment in the past five years. Meanwhile, a new jurisdiction to resolve bullying and harassment disputes is also the first to allow for damages orders.
A director showed "reckless disregard" for an employee when he engaged in predatory conduct "for his own wanton gratification", and must now pay her $176k in damages and costs.
