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Meaningful inclusion and the psychological safety it engenders aren't created through strategic initiatives or training, but through hundreds of "small, intentional acts that accumulate into trust, safety and belonging", an HR and leadership consultant says.

Employees' perceptions of their employers' intentions in offering wellbeing initiatives play a big part in shaping the programs' outcomes, according to new research.

An employee's perceptions of bullying, and her employer's failure to investigate her complaints, were significant precipitating factors in her death, a coronial inquest has found.

An employer had solid reasons for finding a manager's behaviour posed psychosocial safety risks, and for expecting senior leaders to have greater awareness of their conduct obligations, a commission has found.

Adopting a new approach to conflict management, and embedding alternative dispute resolution practices in everyday leadership, has helped an employer reduce its formal grievances by almost half, its HR leader says.

Many employers are now far more attuned to their employees' vicarious trauma exposure, but what they might not realise is their high performers are the most at risk, and that the signs can stay "hidden" in these workers for much longer, according to a mental health expert.

Employees shouldn't feel pressure to perform the same duties and meet their previous expectations upon returning to work after burnout, according to a psychologist who warns that "re-traumatisation" is a very real risk.

Vicarious trauma has become a hot topic in recent years, but many employers continue to underestimate their exposure and rely on controls that don't go far enough, according to a mental health expert.