A commission has criticised an employee's complaint about a "racist and s-xually inappropriate" Microsoft Teams message, finding it unnecessarily consumed "countless" work hours and thousands of dollars in lost productivity.
Australian employers raised median base salaries by 4% for existing employees in 2023, and in 2024 they're expecting to do the same, major remuneration research shows.
Many employers are effectively engaging in "catfishing" with prospective employees by not portraying an honest picture of their EVP, a recruitment specialist says.
An employee's claims that she was "intimidated", "mobbed" and "coerced" at work were "unfounded and nonsensical" allegations designed to "pollute" her general protections claim with scandal, the Fair Work Commission has chided.
Two related companies and a director, who sexually harassed multiple young employees, have been convicted and fined a total of $290k. Meanwhile the Federal Government is reportedly rolling back some casual reforms in the Closing Loopholes Bill.
Post-traumatic stress disorder is prevalent in workplaces, but supportive organisational cultures can play a fundamental role in aiding employees' recovery, a psychologist says.
An employer's "perseverance" with a proposal to reduce an employee's hours due to health and safety concerns forced her to quit, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in awarding her $29k in compensation.
One-way mentoring tends to be unsustainable, but reciprocal mentoring relationships can make both parties feel valued, increase empathy, and enhance psychosocial safety, a new book says.
The Fair Work Commission has chastised a supervisor who did nothing to stop an employee from being bullied, finding he failed to "model and enforce" respectful workplace behaviour.
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