An employee with a "fierce" personality who was "easily angered" when approached about work issues has failed to prove he was unfairly sacked for misconduct.
With mental health issues sure to be "the next big pandemic", leading with kindness is what will set apart organisations that thrive from those that don't, a leadership specialist says.
Communication between managers and employees can sometimes be "wrongheaded or unfair" without amounting to bullying, a court has ruled in rejecting a psych injury appeal.
Unreasonable behaviour that occurs more than once won't be considered bullying unless it is persistent, a court has ruled in rejecting an employee's stop-bullying appeal.
An employee who described the COVID-19 pandemic as "fearmongering" and was strongly aggrieved at having to comply with workplace requirements has lost his unfair dismissal claim.
An employer displayed "marked indifference" to an employee's complaints about appearing in a sexualised workplace safety poster, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Virtual performance reviews are often a "transactional" process, and they need to become much more empathetic conversations, a leadership academic says.
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