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• Quarter of employees attribute mental health issues to work
  
• FWO recovers $148m in backpay and entitlements
  
• WA 'modernising' employment laws

• Rapid testing fraught with new HR challenges
  
• Employees using 'template letters' for vaccine pushback
  
• New vaccine management tech
  
• HR news in brief: employer programs, support and initiatives

Grounding values in empathy and normalising taking a break has transformed an employer's approach to communication and mental health, its people leader says.

HR has become a "dumping ground" for many organisations' legal and regulatory tasks, with burnout an increasingly likely outcome, a risk specialist says.

It's time for employers to formalise their flexible working policies, in light of new research highlighting the wellbeing and inclusion benefits.

• Employers urged to review whistleblower policies
  
• Employer addressing "culture of ignorance" around menopause
  
• News in brief: Who's on the move in HR?

Employees now overwhelmingly support mandatory vaccination policies for the workplace, new research shows.

It should have been obvious to an employer that an employee's swearing outburst was due to his poor wellbeing, caused by mishandled workplace complaints, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in overturning his dismissal.

Early-intervention efforts to improve workplace respect are dramatically reducing bullying complaints and associated claims, among other strategies.

A growing number of mental health claims stem from "small issues" that could have been nipped in the bud early, an insurance expert says.