Mental health pressures on workers are mounting, with many "crawling" towards the "psychological finish line" at the end of the year, a psychologist says.
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.
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.
All employers should consider putting in place a workplace s-xual harassment prevention plan, even though such plans are only expressly prescribed in one jurisdiction, according to a risk management expert.
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