Post-traumatic stress disorder is prevalent in workplaces, but supportive organisational cultures can play a fundamental role in aiding employees' recovery, a psychologist says.
An employer's "perseverance" with a proposal to reduce an employee's hours due to health and safety concerns forced her to quit, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in awarding her $29k in compensation.
One-way mentoring tends to be unsustainable, but reciprocal mentoring relationships can make both parties feel valued, increase empathy, and enhance psychosocial safety, a new book says.
The Fair Work Commission has chastised a supervisor who did nothing to stop an employee from being bullied, finding he failed to "model and enforce" respectful workplace behaviour.
A workplace futurist is warning a period of "conscious" proximity bias is looming, in light of a survey that found most CEOs plan to reward workers for returning to the office.
An employer's failure to suspend a manager "at any time" during a 10-month investigation into aggressive conduct allegations has undermined its decision to dismiss him.
An always-on feedback channel is driving some key initiatives at an employer of choice, where workers feel confident that what they say will "make a difference", its HR leader says.
The former CEO of Harrier Group was summarily dismissed for deliberately misusing her work credit card while the company was struggling financially, not because she raised bullying and pay issues, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled.
General protections claims are the fastest-growing category of applications in the Fair Work Commission, with reforms now underway to stem the tide. This webinar will discuss important developments in both procedural issues and case law.
