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Managers are feeling overwhelmed and ill-equipped to support team members through challenging life events, but employers can take some relatively simple steps to alleviate this, a workplace expert says.

It was "serious" for HR to allege that an employee fabricated workplace complaints to support his psychological injury claim, and instead supported evidence he had been singled out and targeted at work.

Building trust in teams doesn't just depend on whether a manager or employees have earned each other's trust, it has to take into account each person's "headspace", according to a psychologist.

An employer's decision not to offer an employee a new fixed-term contract after she disclosed she was pregnant did not amount to discrimination, a tribunal has found.

A market-leading L&D program for senior executives highlights leaders are facing the same challenges across multiple countries, while taking different approaches to solving them.

A supervisor whose communication was "frequent and interrogative" possibly needed more support to manage remote staff, but his behaviour wasn't bullying, the Fair Work Commission has found.

An employer that didn't directly underpay workers nonetheless should have reasonably known its franchisees were breaching the Fair Work Act, the Federal Court has ruled in fining it $1.44 million.

When a casual employee's "controversial" social media post prompted her employer to end her engagement early, that constituted a dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has found in an unlawful termination dispute.

Australian Red Cross has deepened its commitment to First Nations inclusion with its fourth Reconciliation Action Plan, which specifically holds leaders accountable for meeting workforce targets.

An employer did not act in an "unconscionable" or intimidatory manner when accusing an employee of criminal conduct, however it has failed to prove on appeal that its allegations provided a valid reason to sack her.