An employer is experimenting with the athletic concept of 'rest and recovery', to see how it might improve performance levels and reduce burnout risks.
It was open to conclude an employee lacked the necessary interpersonal skills for her role, but her employer has nonetheless failed to prove its dismissal decision wasn't prompted by her workplace complaints.
A significant divide between employees' and CEOs' perceptions of workplace mental health support suggests employers must do more to communicate their benefits, a global people leader says.
An employee called into "meetings upon meetings" about two workplace incidents, despite the fact she had already provided statements and received a final warning, has won her psychological injury claim.
Hustle culture is making a comeback in workplaces and possibly for good reasons, but employees can "only tolerate so much for so long", says a psychologist.
Too many workplaces now suffer from 'productivity paranoia', where leaders believe there's been a drop in work activity, and employees feel like their every move is being scrutinised.
Short-term performance measures and incentives implemented under the guise of "transformational change" embed toxicity in a workplace, but this can be remedied, an academic says.
Even high performers can only work in peak mode for about two hours at a time, and risk tipping the balance from "good stress" to "bad stress" when they don't, a leading coach warns.
HR professionals are far more fearful of AI than they should be, according to an expert who says it holds enormous potential for removing bias from performance management, and will be a gamechanger for diversity and inclusion.
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