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Depending on an employee's role and contacts, a LinkedIn post about starting a new role can constitute a breach of their post-employment obligations, a workplace lawyer says.

An employee was left feeling isolated and depressed after her numerous emails to an HR leader were ignored, a commission has ruled in rejecting an employer's reasonable action defence.

An employer unfairly sacked an employee when it made her role redundant without discussing the decision with her first, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, noting consultation requirements "should never be taken for granted".

Performance and wellbeing hacks that achieve "almost immediate" benefits are often ignored because they sound too familiar and easy, a wellbeing coach says.

An employer's "poor and uninformed" response to a pregnant manager's working-from-home request did not amount to a constructive dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has found.

Organisations' ongoing transition to the "imagination age" calls for a rethink of work-life balance, and for HR to facilitate more creative workplace restructuring, a leadership specialist says.

A manager has claimed his "quirky sense of humour and disabilities" were mitigating factors for his inappropriate behaviour towards female staff, but a commission says his employer was entitled to find it was misconduct.

New laws will obligate employers to allow employees to switch off from work, but what's really required is a genuine and strategic move to rebuild trust, a wellbeing specialist says.

Employers with a better gender split of managers and senior leaders are far less likely to have a big gender pay gap, WGEA data shows.

An employer has failed to prove an informal "chat" with an employee about her poor communication skills was reasonable action capable of defeating her psychological injury claim.