The Fair Work Commission has declined to block five employers from disciplining employees who refuse to get the COVID-19 vaccination, after finding they could suffer "irrecoverable" financial detriment by retaining them.
Equipping employees with better listening skills is having a major impact on mental health conversations, which is in turn building better workplace connections.
There is now too much advice about what is wrong with workplaces, and not enough resources going towards prevention and recovery from the "overwhelm epidemic", a leadership and high-performance expert says.
An employee who refuses to be vaccinated against COVID-19 has failed to prevent impending disciplinary action, with a court describing her adverse action claim as "exceedingly weak".
It's time for employers to become "comfortable" addressing domestic and family violence issues at work, with an advocacy group releasing a new framework to drive practical action in all workplaces.
An employee who was sacked for being unable to perform her role, despite being willing to attend an independent medical examination, has failed to prove she was unfairly dismissed.
Employees are looking for an "antidote" to what they've been through during the pandemic, but are tired of being asked "how are you?", a wellbeing specialist says.
An employer must apologise and pay a former employee $50k in damages after a court found he was frequently called a "black c-nt" at work, damaging his mental health.
Atlassian has identified four indicators of team health, suggesting most organisations have "a way to go" to move their teams from surviving to thriving.
General protections claims are the fastest-growing category of applications in the Fair Work Commission, with reforms now underway to stem the tide. This webinar will discuss important developments in both procedural issues and case law.
