To avoid exhaustion and remain effective in their roles, leaders need to prioritise self-care and avoid playing the "solo show", says a workplace researcher.
An employer has failed to prove that it did not bully or intimidate an employee into signing a performance management plan, with a commission upholding his psychological injury claim.
The mental health of Australian workers has improved modestly in the past quarter, but the Telus Mental Health Index is still hovering at a pandemic-era low of 63.2, up 0.4 points since April.
An employee who was dismissed for being "unable to cope with the unexceptional day-to-day requirements and stressors of her role" has lost her bid for reinstatement.
Enabling employees to report workplace s-xual harassment anonymously can alert employers to "hot spots" and high-risk situations that might otherwise go unnoticed, according to a new report that offers eight best-practice tips.
Training leaders to better support the mental health of their teams is one of the most effective steps an organisation can take to mitigate psychosocial risk, a researcher says.
An employee who experienced "serious and repeated" s-xual harassment at work has won an extra $129k in damages, after a court found the original $10k awarded was "inadequate in the extreme".
An employer's "outright rejection" of a trial return-to-work plan after an employee's lengthy absence was unlawful discrimination, a tribunal has ruled in awarding him more than $230k.
A director s-xually harassed an employee when he slapped her on the bottom and twice declared his feelings for her, the Federal Court has found in ordering his employer to pay $268k in damages and compensation.
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