A worker has failed to block a performance improvement plan designed to address her "pattern of disregard" for supervisors, with a commission finding the action "fair and reasonable".
Most men want to understand and address the gender pay gap and other inequality issues, according to an advocate with tips for turning more employees into "male allies" at work.
A candidate who willingly gives information about themselves when applying for a job can still have "really fertile grounds for complaints, and for legal response" if they become disaffected down the track, a workplace compliance expert warns.
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The friction caused by differing management styles and incompatible personalities in the workplace doesn't constitute bullying, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in stop-bullying proceedings.
Graduates are entering the workforce with numerous stressors their predecessors didn't face, which makes a "protective" connection with their manager particularly valuable, an organisational psychologist says.
An employee who refused to attend an independent medical examination has lost her appeal against the direction, after a commission rejected that her employer was trying to block her return to work.
Changes are needed to the "basic architecture" of the National Employment Standards and working time provisions in modern awards to better support working carers, a literature review has found.
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