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Despite the clear benefits of implementing play in the workplace, very few organisations are "brave enough to really make this a habit", an expert on the topic says.

An employee's struggles performing "less demanding" modified duties meant an employer had no confidence she'd be able to return to her pre-injury role, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, finding she was fairly sacked.

Despite most employers now offering greater flexibility than before the pandemic, working parents are struggling more than ever to juggle their work and home life, according to new research.

An employee wasn't "backed into a corner" when an employer responded to his workplace complaints with underperformance allegations, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in a constructive dismissal dispute.

Online catchup meetings that employees take turns to host are building "really critical" engagement and connection at a remote-first organisation, its people and culture leader says.

An employee who tried to defend an "offensive" social media post as "intellectual freedom" has failed to prove he exercised his right in accordance with the "highest ethical, professional and legal standards".

Employers are still viewing Gen Z as the 'future' workforce and leaders when they are well and truly here already, an academic and futurist says.

Asking an employee who was absent on stress leave when he intended to return to work was a "suitable" enquiry and didn't force him to resign, the Fair Work Commission has found.

There's a tension in workplaces today between showing empathy and exercising authority, but these things aren't "mutually exclusive", says relationship expert Esther Perel.

A worker's employment didn't significantly contribute to his mental stress, a tribunal has ruled, finding his "personality dysfunction" would have caused psychological symptoms regardless of his workplace.