It's not uncommon for employees to find investigations stressful and upsetting, but this doesn't mean they're unreasonable, a Fair Work Commissioner has commented in dismissing a stop-bullying application.
Evidence that an HRBP actively tried to help resolve an employee's issues with a colleague's behaviour has helped an employer defend a constructive dismissal claim.
Many employers are confused about whether they're doing "enough" to meet their psychosocial safety obligations, but according to a workplace culture specialist it's better to focus on what could be done next.
Most leaders have no trouble listing their top five financial priorities or KPIs, but their psychosocial safety responsibilities call for a new question, a culture specialist says.
"Knowingly and repeatedly" flouting directions not to catch up on work after hours amounted to serious misconduct, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in rejecting an employee's unfair dismissal claim.
If HR leaders want more effective and psychologically safe performance processes, getting rid of the word "review" is a good place to start, an advisor says.
Performance processes tend to serve as an annual reminder that they're not meeting their objectives, and an advisor suggests HR leaders can start moving them beyond a box-checking exercise while "the pain is fresh".
An employee suffered a psychological injury after the breakdown of a workplace friendship group, but his employer wasn't liable for it, a commission has ruled.
Adoption of AI is driving an "experience gap" for many graduates entering the workforce, and it's "a really significant issue that we're not talking enough about", a futurist warns.
