Employers needn't "start from scratch" when it comes to managing psychosocial health, but must tailor their approach to their particular business risks, says a CPO who oversaw development of an award-winning framework.
A chief people officer's role as a trusted advisor increasingly includes working "in lockstep" with the board, making these leaders a strong fit for CEO roles.
Communicating via email and chat apps during non-work hours reduces employees' ability to psychologically detach from work, more so than any other form of IT-based communication, research has found.
A ruling that an employee's performance-based dismissal was unfair contained numerous errors, a full bench of the FWC has found, in clarifying what constitutes "harsh" under the Fair Work Act.
Media stereotypes that exaggerate HR roles as "overly bureaucratic or ineffective" mirror the real credibility issue that practitioners face, but these negative perceptions can be overcome.
Public reporting of "alarming" inappropriate behaviour in workplaces should spur all employers to more proactively address their psychosocial risks, an expert says.
An employer that claimed to have video footage of an employee's alleged serious misconduct, but didn't show it to him, must now defend his late unfair dismissal claim.
General protections claims are the fastest-growing category of applications in the Fair Work Commission, with reforms now underway to stem the tide. This webinar will discuss important developments in both procedural issues and case law.
