An employer has failed to prove that an injured employee's alleged incapacity for work was caused by his pre-existing mixed personality disorder, rather than "persistent and racist" workplace bullying.
Low levels of bullying and harassment reporting in NSW parliamentary workplaces have "created a vacuum" in which unawareness and denial abound, a new report says.
Reinforcing a "learning culture" in today's fast-paced working environment is critical to drive better problem-solving, stronger engagement, and a greater sense of belonging, an L&D specialist says.
An employer's extraordinary resistance to providing further information about its proposed enterprise agreement has "amplified" a Fair Work Commission full bench's concerns about its application.
It wasn't reasonable for an employer to enforce "strict compliance" with its policies in requiring a managing director to disclose his relationship with a subordinate, a tribunal has ruled.
Employers are relying too heavily on employee assistance programs to "fix" psychosocial risks rather than targeting the causes, a health and safety expert says.
An unprecedented misalignment between economic and labour trends is causing a "fragmented market" where more employees are intending to leave, at the same time as more intend to stay, Gartner research shows.
Expectations regarding employees' personal appearance at work have softened significantly over the past few years, and organisations that try to impose strict standards will feel their backlash, a lawyer says.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has dismissed a stop s-xual harassment appeal, finding a disgruntled worker was seeking to agitate historical grievances.
All employers should consider putting in place a workplace s-xual harassment prevention plan, even though such plans are only expressly prescribed in one jurisdiction, according to a risk management expert.
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