An "overwhelming majority" of Australian organisations believe HR professionals are responsible for managing workplace mental health issues, but they're ill-equipped to do so, new research shows.
Employers tend to forget they owe a special duty of care to employees suffering from non-work-related injuries, and dangerously overlook the need to make appropriate workplace adjustments, warns an injury management practitioner.
An employer breached its duty of care by allowing a manager to work excessive hours, while largely disregarding his health complaints, a court has ruled.
Building flexibility into company rules is one way to increase mindfulness at work and keep the door open to new opportunities, according to a world-renowned mindfulness expert.
Employers have traditionally focused on how domestic violence affects workplace health and safety, but other legal risks are becoming more prominent in courts and tribunals, according to a lawyer.
An HR manager's response to an employee's complaints contributed to his psychological injury but constituted reasonable management action, a commission has ruled.
Employers are increasingly urged to manage mental illness at work, but the issue is "wrought with confusion", according to a law firm. Meanwhile, research outlines the workplace barriers to employee health, ways to increase productivity, and more.
Mood and mindset are critical "tools" HR can leverage in the workplace to ensure that even in tough times, teams are motivated to achieve great things, according to a corporate wellness expert.
An employer should never share unnecessary details of an employee's mental illness with their colleagues, but refusing to disclose "need-to-know information" also carries risks, an employment lawyer warns.
An employee who made Islamaphobic, crude and s-xist comments at work has had his unfair dismissal claim upheld, after the Fair Work Commission found the context rendered his misconduct less serious.
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