Employers often seek to reduce burnout risks by offering new wellness perks, but if employees already have too much on their plates, HR should think twice before adding more, a thought leader says.
An employer's failure to include a critical safety rule in its 'consolidated' D&A manual has undermined its objection to reinstating a worker sacked for breaching its policy.
An employee's bullying allegations were reasonable management actions, the Fair Work Commission has accepted, but it has nonetheless urged an employer to improve its complaints handling process.
Leaders who spent 2024 "marching to the beat of the compliance drum" might realise they turned down the volume on a chorus of workplace issues, but they can tune back in for greater harmony next year, a people and change specialist says.
In finding today that the risk of an employee's psychiatric injury was a "serious possibility" after his botched dismissal process, the High Court has nonetheless determined not to rule on whether employers' duty of care extends to disciplinary and termination events.
Conversations about disconnecting from work after hours are important to ensure compliance with the law, but managers should be having them anyway, a communications expert says.
Many employees are now rushing to meet year-end targets while juggling holiday preparations and family commitments, and if they don't pace themselves, their health and work will both suffer, a wellness specialist says.
Employers considered "excellent" when it comes to supporting employees' health can expect productivity gains equating to 30 days per person per year, making the investment a "commercial and strategic imperative", a wellbeing specialist says.
Many employees are dissatisfied with their health but keen to improve it, according to new research that means employers can focus less on "the biggest challenge" of motivating people, and more on helping them to act, a wellness specialist says.
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