Complex workplace matters often involve "intense emotions", and it's important for HR not to overlook these in the parties, and themselves, when striving for resolution, according to a workplace relations specialist.
Taking action to improve psychosocial safety after an incident can "come back and bite" an employer, a workplace lawyer warns, amid heightened regulator activity.
It's time for employers to move beyond the risk assessments that have worked well for physical safety hazards and consider a broader range of factors when looking at psychosocial safety, experts say.
Being able to take time off in lieu didn't alleviate the stress caused by a manager's "significant" workload, a commission has ruled in rejecting an employer's psychological injury appeal.
Workplace psychosocial hazards continue to dominate HR priorities, and with good reason. Regulators are cracking down on compliance, and employees have multiple avenues for making complaints and raising issues. Watch this HR Daily Premium webcast to understand the regulatory landscape and key risk areas.
Workplace ostracism doesn't just affect the victim; it has "ripple effects" across the organisation if witnessed by other employees, according to researchers.
Allowing a disciplinary meeting to go ahead after learning that a manager accused of misconduct hadn't slept or eaten for three days wasn't "reasonable", a tribunal has ruled.
After giving all employees a paid "check-up" day each year, an employer that promotes early detection has now upped the ante with a partnership that provides screening, follow-ups and results on the same day.
Costly legal disputes continue to highlight the many risks employers face when managing, disciplining, or dismissing employees while they are absent, injured or incapacitated. Attend this webinar for an up-to-date review of the legal framework applying to workplace absenteeism, injury and incapacity, and lessons from recent case law.
