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.
An employer has been directed to give a casual employee who sought conversion to permanent one final chance to sign a full-time contract, despite his two-month "hesitation" eroding its trust.
An employee who maintained he was "not in a mental state to text anyone" while absent for more than two months has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission he didn't abandon his employment.
An employee's failure to declare medication he was taking for mental health issues denied his employer the opportunity to assess whether it posed any workplace risks, the Fair Work Commission has found in upholding his dismissal.
Employers that take the time to "onboard" their AI tools will be far more likely to realise productivity gains than those taking an approach of "just roll it out and see what happens", a business intelligence specialist says.
An employer that offered its vacant weekend shifts on a 'first come, first served' basis must now give priority to an employee with a newborn baby, after he disputed its refusal of his flexible work request.
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.
