Failing to let an employee comprehensively respond to performance concerns she considered "unjustified" was unreasonable, a commission has ruled in upholding her psychological injury claim.
The Fair Work Commission's first contested single interest employer authorisation is important for all organisations, because it helps clarify when they might be roped in to EAs, and how to defend applications, a lawyer says.
An employer unintentionally dismissed an employee when it treated his ambiguous comments as a resignation and "unilaterally" declared he was no longer employed, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
After closing its gender pay gap and boosting the proportion of women in industrial and tech-related roles, Blackmores Group is keen to move the dial further on "belonging", its CPO says.
It was unfair to sack an employee who refused to sign a new employment contract with higher sales targets and "unreasonable" restraint clauses, the Fair Work Commission has found in awarding him $42.5k in compensation.
Vicarious trauma is the element of psychosocial risk management where employers have the most room to improve, according to an expert, and some new strategies are proving particularly effective.
An employer was entitled to transfer a "socially inept" employee to a different workplace 350km away after finding he bullied a female colleague, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employer has a reasonably arguable case that a former employee breached his contract's confidential information and post-employment terms, the Federal Court has ruled in imposing interlocutory restraints.
An employer's "very modest step" in limiting an employee's communications with his supervisor was reasonable action, in light of identified risks to the latter's mental health, a tribunal has found.
One reason employees struggle with mental wellbeing is that they expect work to deplete them, but when employers truly support their health and wellbeing, they can find themselves returning home with more energy than when they left, an organisational coach and mediator says.
Some employers have successfully stepped up to the task of managing psychosocial safety, but in many other workplaces, initiatives are falling flat. Join us for an HR Daily webinar to understand what's holding back progress in this critical space and how to move forward.
