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An employee's resignation, tendered after his last day of work, didn't alter the fact that he had been dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has found.

Whether an employer is considering who to target, which solutions to invest in, or what programs to continue or stop, every decision about employee wellbeing initiatives should be driven by data, organisational health experts say.

A mutually agreed termination couldn't later be characterised as a dismissal, even if the parties were in dispute about its terms, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

Social impact organisations now have the edge in attracting Gen Z workers in particular, but commercial organisations can still appeal to those seeking ethical alignment, according to new employer brand research.

With generational diversity comes different values, experiences and competencies that can benefit an organisation, but also a range of preferences that can cause division, a leadership specialist warns.

The "commensurate" positions an employer offered its workers because their roles were no longer required were in fact demotions that repudiated their employment contracts, the Fair Work Commission has found.

Employees' expectations around flexibility and hybrid working are creating "some interesting issues" in redundancy-related disputes, an employment lawyer says.

Loneliness might still be seen as a "personal" problem, but it reduces productivity and compromises psychological safety, so there's a strong business case for employers to "get interested, and intentional".

If leaders aren't aware of the power they wield and its impact on others, they're much more likely to exercise it in ways that compromise psychosocial safety, a leadership specialist says.

Leadership quality is one of the biggest risk factors for a toxic work environment, and there are often leading indicators that can be addressed before cultures become psychologically unsafe, according to a behavioural scientist.