Employers are being urged to regularly review their control measures in performance management processes, to reduce their risk of workplace psychosocial hazards and workers' compensation claims.
With burnout on the rise, more employers need to "encourage a leave culture" and let staff know that "taking leave is about taking care of yourself", a chief people officer says.
An employee who claimed she "resisted a male dominated and 'boys club' culture" for years wasn't forced to resign after her employer found a request to "get the coffees" didn't amount to gender-based discrimination, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
The challenges employers face in managing underperformance continue to intensify, in light of flexible work arrangements, psychosocial obligations, and more. Watch this HR Daily Premium webcast to minimise your legal risks while maximising your performance outcomes.
National Cabinet's new plans for a "leaving violence program" are a step in the right direction, but an expert in helping FDV survivors stay employed is calling on workplaces to play a bigger supporting role.
Online s-xual harassment can have a "chilling effect" on women, but employers are perceived as minimising its impact or viewing it as less serious than physical forms, research has found.
An employer could not reasonably argue that an employee's perception of "chronic understaffing" and limited support was not in fact "a reality", a tribunal has found in psychological injury proceedings.
Employees with ADHD and autism shouldn't have to "carry the emotional weight" of difficulties in the workplace, but they do need to educate their colleagues to help prevent them, a specialist says.
An HR director failed to appreciate the significance of an employee being called a "moron" at work, when she said such "robust interactions" were to be expected when discussing performance and deadlines, a commission has ruled in psych injury proceedings.
An employer could potentially have avoided stop-bullying litigation if it hadn't "clumsily" managed an employee's complaints about a supervisor and had been more transparent about its workplace decisions, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Workplace bullying complaints continue to pose significant challenges for employers, including where the behaviour doesn't meet the legal definition of bullying or the threshold to make a claim. Watch this HR Daily Premium webcast to understand key lessons from cases where bullying complaints interact with other claims and issues.
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