Researchers are calling on employers and governments to protect workers from increasingly common "out-of-hours intrusions", after finding these "boundary infringements" elevate workplace stress.
Hustle culture is making a comeback in workplaces and possibly for good reasons, but employees can "only tolerate so much for so long", says a psychologist.
The Productivity Commission has proposed changing how the Fair Work Commission approaches modern awards, and suggests employers should be able to choose from "menus" regarding how they comply.
Short-term performance measures and incentives implemented under the guise of "transformational change" embed toxicity in a workplace, but this can be remedied, an academic says.
Too many employees are burning out because they cannot be themselves at work, but a factor complicating this issue is that most people "don't know who they are".
Even high performers can only work in peak mode for about two hours at a time, and risk tipping the balance from "good stress" to "bad stress" when they don't, a leading coach warns.
HR executives who are struggling to convince their CEOs to "get with the times" and embrace new ways of working shouldn't rely on data alone, as the resistance they face might have more to do with emotion, an expert says.
Some 71% of business leaders aren't ruling out moving to a four-day week within five years, while most want their workers back in the office more days this year, according to new research.
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