Helping an employee with depression to stay at work and remain productive benefits both the individual and the employer, according to Gabrielle Lis from Return to Work Matters.
The Federal Government has urged employers to consider 20 "simple and inexpensive" family friendly initiatives, in launching its new flexibility funding program.
Employers looking to implement workplace drug and alcohol testing must ensure that the process is completely transparent to avoid possible litigation - especially when it comes to sacking workers who test positive to prohibited substances, says Harmers Workplace Lawyers partner, Jamie Robinson.
"Corporate psychopaths" create workplace conflict and cause top talent to flee, but there are ways to recognise and remove them before it's too late, says organisational psychologist Jason Blaik.
Actively disengaged workers are disproportionately likely to stay with their current employer and take double the sick leave of their engaged workmates, a Gallup Consulting survey has found.
If there's one thing metrics-conscious HR managers should be measuring throughout the economic downturn it is employee engagement, according to Right Management's Rosemarie Dentesano.
Locking in fair pay and workplace policies, and removing unpleasant workplace factors are among the steps employers should take to minimise "sickies", according to an organisational psychologist.
Maintaining employee interest and participation in a health and wellbeing program is one of the HR manager's greatest challenges, and key to ensuring not only the success of the individual program but the viability - in the board's eyes - of similar future initiatives.
For a "virtual" workforce to succeed, managers need new skills to lead their teams, provide flexibility and ensure consistent communication, according to Unisys Asia Pacific's Petra Buchanan.
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