Employers are being urged to regularly review their control measures in performance management processes, to reduce their risk of workplace psychosocial hazards and workers' compensation claims.
With burnout on the rise, more employers need to "encourage a leave culture" and let staff know that "taking leave is about taking care of yourself", a chief people officer says.
An employer was entitled to direct an absent employee to attend an independent medical examination, after she refused to attend "ridiculous" training on mental health grounds, a commission has found.
Raising performance issues with an employee on her first day back from an extended period of mental health leave caused her psychological injury, a commission has found.
An employee who consumed up to 15 drinks the night before turning up late to work was unfairly dismissed, because his employer did not submit evidence proving he was still intoxicated.
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National Cabinet's new plans for a "leaving violence program" are a step in the right direction, but an expert in helping FDV survivors stay employed is calling on workplaces to play a bigger supporting role.
An employer could not reasonably argue that an employee's perception of "chronic understaffing" and limited support was not in fact "a reality", a tribunal has found in psychological injury proceedings.
An employee's accounts of bullying and hostile conduct had "such independent consistency and support" that there was "no doubt they were based on real events", a commission has found in upholding her psychological injury claim.
Managing unplanned absences can be fraught with risk, particularly when employers haven't strictly enforced certain obligations in the past, a lawyer warns.
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