It was unreasonable to expect an employer to fashion a role around an injured employee's incapacities, and despite its ineffective communication, her dismissal was nonetheless fair, a commission has ruled.
Three employee groups are suffering most from the pandemic's emotional impact, with continued strain making mental health recovery more complex, a wellbeing specialist says.
Three employees have failed to prove an employer breached their enterprise agreement when failing to consult about its COVID vaccination requirements or offer them alternative work arrangements.
Burnout is becoming increasingly common among leaders and employees, but wellbeing advice is adding to rather than solving the problem, a high-performance specialist says.
An employee who refused to get vaccinated has failed to prove he was unfairly dismissed, with the Fair Work Commission describing his employer's process as "difficult to fault".
With the intensity of work looking set to continue, it's critical for employees to know when they're experiencing "healthy" stress, versus something more dangerous, a leadership specialist says.
Employees should be on notice that their "social" behaviour will attract greater scrutiny and face higher standards than in the past, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in upholding a dismissal for harassment.
A welcome increase in the number of diversity and inclusion and domestic abuse programs has been accompanied by significant privacy concerns, with many organisations 'over-collecting' sensitive data and retrofitting privacy measures, a lawyer 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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