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Employers and workers can "clearly" do more to prevent and respond to workplace sexual harassment, the results of a major survey show.

Mental health pressures on workers are mounting, with many "crawling" towards the "psychological finish line" at the end of the year, a psychologist says.

Employers increase their risk of litigation if they continue to performance manage an employee who has developed an illness or injury, a lawyer warns.

There remains an obvious disconnect between employers recognising the warning signs of burnout and implementing effective interventions, a specialist in the field says.

A worker was placed in an "unnecessarily uncomfortable" position after being accused of serious policy breaches, a commission has ruled in upholding her psychological injury claim.

An employee didn't "engage in a frolic of her own" when she and two colleagues got into a spa bath while "significantly" intoxicated at a work Christmas party, a tribunal has ruled in awarding her compensation for an injury.

Criticisms about a director on her employer's Facebook page had no "rational connection" to work and in any case didn't amount to bullying, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

Too many employees are now turning to substances like alcohol to self-medicate due to stress, a specialist in addiction medicine says.

The benefits that matter most to employees might change from one year to the next, but employers could be getting more return on their investment in one category in particular, an expert says.

Leaders should think twice before agreeing to perform additional tasks that won't benefit them, an expert warns.