Employers must start grappling with "real issues" - including social media and out-of-hours conduct - if they want to avoid claims arising from employees' inappropriate behaviour, says workplace lawyer Joydeep Hor.
Workplace policies in Australia are changing to support working mothers, but when it comes to managerial roles, expectations are not, says Macquarie University professor Anne Ross-Smith.
Cascading restraint-of-trade clauses have traditionally been difficult to enforce, but a recent judgment clarifies the circumstances in which employers can rely on them to protect their interests, says Lander & Rogers lawyers Mark Sullivan and Aaron Goonrey.
Eighty per cent of conflict - workplace or otherwise - is caused by misunderstandings about "natural differences in temperament", says personality therapist Gavan Podbury.
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High-potential employees and those who "yell the loudest" naturally attract attention, but long-serving workers who happily "plod along" also have a "very important role", says HR specialist Nicky Mackie.
A Westpac manager who crossed the line between assisting an employee with personal and performance issues entered "dangerous territory", a South Australian Court has found.
Depression caused by job strain is costing employers hundreds of millions of dollars a year, but most interventions only address half of the problem, says Melbourne University associate professor Anthony LaMontagne.
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