Recent changes to psychosocial risk management require extra attention to three big areas, but so far two are being somewhat overlooked, according to a workplace lawyer.
The "mere risk" that an employee could relapse into alcohol misuse to combat anxiety and stress didn't mean she was unfit to return to work, a commission has ruled in ordering her reinstatement.
Conversations are one of the best ways to mitigate psychosocial risk in the workplace, but some of the most effective approaches are often overlooked, a conflict expert says.
A "perfectionist" employee who often chose to work extra hours to finish tasks is entitled to compensation for a psychological injury, after a commission found she was "overworked, under-resourced and unsupported".
A commissioner has dismissed an employee's "impassioned" but baseless discrimination complaints, noting it was "incredible" that a single incident more than a decade ago had "spawned so many failed legal proceedings and so much personal and professional destruction".
An employee has been awarded $83k in compensation, as well as ongoing weekly payments, for a psychological injury caused by being told he'd need to get a COVID-19 vaccination to continue working.
The Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by an employee who claimed workplace bullying and harassment aggravated his underlying psychological condition.
An employee who claimed she was forced to "dance through hoops" to progress in her career, but ultimately "went nowhere", has won compensation for a psychological injury.
All employers should consider putting in place a workplace s-xual harassment prevention plan, even though such plans are only expressly prescribed in one jurisdiction, according to a risk management expert.
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