A worker who claimed his workplace had a flexible timekeeping culture created serious safety issues by regularly leaving without notifying designated staff, the Fair Work Commission has found in upholding his dismissal.
Encouraging workers to take advantage of flexible work arrangements and regularly reviewing workloads have helped a new company control worker stress and improve productivity, its director says.
New anti-bullying laws and other industrial relations reforms passed Queensland Parliament early this morning. The changes, according to one MP, are desperately needed to tackle the widespread "toxic" working environments within local government.
Researchers have found that workers who have control over their work times sleep better and are more alert, but warn that flexible schedules can also have adverse health effects.
A worker isn't entitled to a lump sum workers' compensation payment for a psychiatric injury because she previously received damages under anti-discrimination laws, a commission has found.
PricewaterhouseCoopers will depart from a traditional office environment, and create a workplace that encourages workers to get up from their desks and move around, at its new Sydney headquarters.
Many safety professionals are "obsessed with disasters" and fail to learn from what "went right" in near misses, according to leading safety lawyer Michael Tooma. He also warns that few employers are taking adequate steps to prevent psychological harm.
