An employee's "openly derisive" claim that her employer, in rejecting her flexible work request, confused its operational needs with its inability to manage its own workforce, was a "slap in the face", a commission has chastised.
Approaching flexible work requests with a 'can do' mindset will have benefits that go far beyond helping employers comply with new legislative requirements, a workplace lawyer says.
Employers now have new obligations when receiving flexible work requests. Understand the reforms and their practical implications by watching this HR Daily Premium webcast.
With employees adopting increasingly "avoidant behaviours" following their return to workplaces, choosing the right approach to resolving conflict can be a gamechanger for HR, according to a workplace advisor.
Employees are sceptical of organisations without a formal work-from-home policy, now that flexibility has gone from being 'nice to have' to 'must have', a workplace advisor says.
As more employees return to workplaces, issues that have been simmering or left unaddressed are coming to the fore. Without intervention, even smaller conflicts are set to turn into major ones. Watch this webcast to understand how to prevent these issues from escalating.
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.
