A major employer's employee assistance program has improved productivity and reduced absences, but few workers are willing to report alcohol problems to the program, a study has found.
An employer unfairly sacked a worker in failing to return her calls or emails seeking to return to work after recovering from a non-work-related injury, the Fair Work Commission has found.
ASX-listed companies with strong scores in employee engagement metrics, like safety and absenteeism, have consistently outperformed other employers over the last nine years, Macquarie Wealth Management research shows.
Two managers treated a worker unfairly, and caused her psychiatric condition, because they were frustrated by her slow recovery from a finger injury, a tribunal has found.
An employer has been fined for denying workers access to extended paid sick leave, forcing them to use their annual leave, go without pay or attend work when they were sick or injured.
Being denied the opportunity to mentally and physically unwind after a stressful task can cause workers psychological distress, but brief at-work recovery activities mitigate the problem, according to a new study.
A sacked worker has been granted permission to pursue her 64-day-late unfair dismissal claim, with the Fair Work Commission hearing that her manager's actions after the dismissal caused her to have a mental breakdown.
An employer was entitled to introduce KPIs to monitor a worker's performance just weeks after he returned to work from three months' sick leave, a tribunal has found in rejecting the man's stress claim.
Psychological distress among employees and managers costs the Australian coal mining industry nearly 10 per cent of its pre-tax operating profit, but intervention programs are cost-effective, a unique study has found.
