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Even employees who understand why and when they should speak up about workplace issues won't do so if employers fail to eliminate some common barriers, a lawyer and HR specialist says.

"[Employees] know that speaking up might benefit the organisation, but it doesn't necessarily benefit them personally," Rely senior consultant and general counsel Kirsty Harvison tells a new HR Daily Premium webcast.

In many cases, employees might have made an assessment that it was too risky, that there was no point in speaking up, or they were worried about how they would be perceived, she says...