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The mental health of Australian workers has improved modestly in the past quarter, but the Telus Mental Health Index is still hovering at a pandemic-era low of 63.2, up 0.4 points since April.

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An employee who was dismissed for being "unable to cope with the unexceptional day-to-day requirements and stressors of her role" has lost her bid for reinstatement.

Enabling employees to report workplace s-xual harassment anonymously can alert employers to "hot spots" and high-risk situations that might otherwise go unnoticed, according to a new report that offers eight best-practice tips.

Training leaders to better support the mental health of their teams is one of the most effective steps an organisation can take to mitigate psychosocial risk, a researcher says.

An employee who experienced "serious and repeated" sexual harassment at work has won an extra $129k in damages, after a court found the original $10k awarded was "inadequate in the extreme".

An employer's "outright rejection" of a trial return-to-work plan after an employee's lengthy absence was unlawful discrimination, a tribunal has ruled in awarding him more than $230k.

A director sexually harassed an employee when he slapped her on the bottom and twice declared his feelings for her, the Federal Court has found in ordering his employer to pay $268k in damages and compensation.

Employers' new obligations to proactively eliminate s-xual harassment and prevent psychosocial harm at work are set to have an impact on HR teams that shouldn't be underestimated, a workplace lawyer says.

The number of employees with attention deficit trait is rising exponentially, requiring HR professionals to be "radically retrained" to mitigate this, a leadership advisor says.