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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.

An employee has won reinstatement and nearly three years' backpay after a tribunal found her morbid obesity led to discrimination and unfair dismissal.

The Fair Work Commission has again upheld the sacking of an employee who refused a flu shot, with the majority bench controversially noting the public interest would not be served by encouraging a "spurious objection to a lawful workplace vaccination requirement".

Employers have welcomed a ruling upholding the dismissal of an employee who refused to receive a flu shot.

Mental health is now considered by CEOs, HR and risk leaders to pose the second-biggest threat to organisations' resilience.

In trying to shield a manager from the embarrassment of suspension, an employer ignored correct procedures and caused his psych injury, a commission has ruled.

It's time to give creative practices the same status as physical exercise in workplace wellbeing programs, for their ability to improve mental health, social connections and sense of community, an expert says.

An employer "curiously" abandoned 16 misconduct allegations against an employee, only to "blindly" and unfairly sack her on medical grounds two months later.

A manager investigated for inappropriate conduct towards an intoxicated employee has tried to block disciplinary proceedings against him while claiming he was the victim of discrimination.