Employers are relying too heavily on employee assistance programs to "fix" psychosocial risks rather than targeting the causes, a health and safety expert says.
Expectations regarding employees' personal appearance at work have softened significantly over the past few years, and organisations that try to impose strict standards will feel their backlash, a lawyer says.
Part-time work can offer employees stronger work/life balance, but too many organisations still see it as an "inconvenient" perk, a flexible work specialist says.
A proactive investigation into whether an employer complied with a positive duty to prevent workplace s-xual harassment has identified several areas for improvement, with a commission flagging this is likely to be the case among other businesses.
The timing of a worker's casual conversion request and an audit into his conduct, which led to his dismissal, was "too coincidental" not to be linked, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in awarding him three months' compensation.
Well-drafted policies providing domestic vi-lence leave are "paramount", but best practices in this space go well beyond compliance to creating a workplace culture where employees are supported to take it, lawyers say.
An employer should have considered performance management or a "significantly clear warning" after an experienced employee breached its policies, instead of moving straight to termination, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in ordering her reinstatement.
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