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In shifting to hybrid work, Commonwealth Bank is rethinking how its "cultural symbols" are upheld and what its "workplaces of the future" look like.

It was "unfortunate" that an employee waited so long to lodge a stop-bullying application given the behaviour of his peers fell "well short of appropriate workplace conduct", the Fair Work Commission has said.

As employees return to workplaces, psychological safety is paramount, and getting it wrong will harm retention, creativity, and productivity, a mental health specialist says.

The fact an employee was unlikely to regain fitness for work did not entitle an employer to drop him "like a hot potato" after he ran out of paid leave, the Fair Work Commission has chided.

Vulnerability is now a key skill for leaders, and it's changing performance management and driving results for a major pharmaceutical company, its people leader says.

An employer has been cleared to pursue disciplinary action against an employee after a commission rejected it was discriminating against him because he was a male domestic violence victim.

An employer that suspected an employee planned to misuse its confidential information failed to afford him procedural fairness and must compensate him for unfair dismissal.

A global marketing company is shaking up its recruitment process by simply asking prospective candidates to express in one word what they want to 'be'.

An employer had a valid reason to sack a worker whose repeated inappropriate and unprofessional behaviour made the employment relationship untenable, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

Grounding values in empathy and normalising taking a break has transformed an employer's approach to communication and mental health, its people leader says.