Women in professional and leadership roles are about 25% more likely than men to report lower levels of work-related wellbeing, and they're less likely to feel they have a clear direction or vision for their careers, new research has found.
Ever-increasing psychological injury claims mean employers are now at a "critical juncture", needing leaders to step up their management of challenging workplace situations. This webcast unpacks the concept of reasonable management action and outlines best-practice ways to approach difficult processes.
Employers should never underestimate the impact of microaggressions and other "low-level" entrenched behaviours, as they can escalate "very rapidly", an HR advisor says in our new series, 'From case to culture'.
An "attitude of reticence or disinclination" towards making intractable bargaining declarations goes against the reforms' intentions, a Fair Work Commission full bench has ruled.
It was "difficult to understand" how an employee's private sexual conversations with someone outside of work became a work-related matter, a commission has commented in upholding his appeal.
Executives' misplaced fears around liability are standing in the way of psychosocial safety management, while increasing "the far greater risks of inaction", experts warn.
Temporarily moving a supervisor to a different role after she reported feeling overwhelmed repudiated her employment contract and resulted in a constructive dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
A new tort designed to protect individuals against intentional or reckless invasions of privacy places additional obligations on HR and employers, a lawyer says.
Employers should be much more interested in the information they're collecting about employees, including from "private" conversations held on work platforms, according to a lawyer.
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.
