“World Day for Safety and Health at Work” is an annual international campaign which promotes safe, healthy and decent work. It is held on 28 April each year. In 2019, the focus is on not only reflecting on the last hundred years of achievements in improving the safety and health of workplaces, but also looking […]
What to do with the workplace investigation report? Balancing privacy and transparency
It is standard for workplace investigations to be documented in a written investigation report. There are many good reasons for doing so. A well-structured, logical and comprehensively written report will record: What the investigation process was, and in doing so demonstrates that it was a fair and rigorous process; The evidence that the investigator collected […]
[WEBINAR ON DEMAND] Lessons for employers from the latest bullying cases
In this free Worklogic webinar on-demand Worklogic’s Director, Grevis Beard, discusses some recent bullying cases and explains the implications of the findings for employers dealing with allegations of bullying at work. Watch webinar How to access our Webinars On Demand To access these webinars on demand, simply click on the watch webinar link above. You […]
A ‘reasonable woman’ standard for sexual harassment claims
Sexual harassment in the workplace remains an ongoing issue. The continuing durability of #MeToo and high-profile sexual harassment claims from women in media, entertainment and politics are a sign that employers still have significant work to do in acknowledging and addressing sexual harassment. In the fourth national workplace sexual harassment survey by the Australian Human Rights Commission, one […]
What to do if you are experiencing toxic behaviour at work
Sadly, many of us have first-hand experience of toxic behavior in the workplace. In 2016 research by Dr Lindsay McMillan, 50% of respondents said they had experienced serious incidents of conflict or negative conduct at work,14% of workers described their workplace environment as ‘toxic’, while 20% had experienced major problems in communication with a co-worker or boss. […]