Category: Health, wellbeing and safety

Worried you might have a workaholic on your hands? A wellbeing expert shares tips to identify and combat work addiction in order to create more sustainable working environments.
What happens to our brains when we outsource too much of our critical thinking? And how can HR help protect the workforces’ unique human capabilities?
(Peri)menopause can bring both physical and cultural challenges into the workplace. Australian Red Cross Lifeblood combined practical adjustments, lived experiences and leadership buy-in to design a meaningful response.
When work feels “chaotic, fragmented” and like it never ends, what practices are needed to maintain wellbeing and performance?
What happens when mental health issues intersect with allegations of misconduct? Here’s how HR can tackle the challenge of balancing empathy with procedural fairness.
Extra shifts, ad-hoc tasks and informal cover can add up, resulting in a hidden strain that endangers wellbeing. How can HR help leaders and managers recognise and address the silent workload before it leads to burnout?
As AI adoption accelerates, research points to potential unintended impacts on employee wellbeing and workplace relationships. Wellbeing researcher Dr Michelle McQuaid explains what’s driving this trend, and what HR leaders can do to respond.
Build psychological safety and respond with care when employees opens up.
Port Macquarie Hastings Council responded to workforce challenges by inviting employees to help shape the wellbeing solutions they needed most, and the results speak for themselves.
An employee was recently awarded $33,000 after the FWC found his mental health struggles meant his resignation was not voluntary. Here’s how employers can recognise when they shouldn’t take a resignation at face value. 
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HOW TO

A HR practitioner offers a range of thought-provoking questions to help you plan your next career move.
Keep these tips in mind to ensure your organisation’s probation periods go beyond being a tick-box exercise and become a driver of strong culture and high performance.
From building your case in advance to avoiding the trap of false politeness, use these strategies to help you engage in constructive dissent at the executive level.

LEGAL

A case currently before the Federal Circuit Court highlights the dangers of cutthroat, “win at all costs” work cultures. But where do courts draw the line between a competitive culture and a psychosocially unsafe work environment?
Ahead of a report into the latest Closing Loopholes legislation, we ask an expert lawyer to explain the casual conversion rules in their current form.
NSW has significantly raised the legal stakes for workplace health and safety compliance, including the management of psychosocial risks. Here’s what the changes mean in practice, and their implications for employers across Australia.
The new financial year will bring changes to pay, superannuation, parental leave, psychosocial risk management and more. Here’s what these changes will mean in practice for HR.