Australian discrimination laws offer some protection for employees wanting to disclose their mental illness, but it doesn’t make the decision any easier.
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A survey has found more reports of discrimination than positive treatment of job seekers with a mental illness.
New data shows Australians are spending more on mental health services and with costs to business in the millions, it’s time employers realised good mental health is good for the bottom line too.
Want to work in a startup? You need to weigh up the risks with the benefits.
Laughter really is the best medicine for a wide range of problems at work – from dealing with tension to identifying workplace conflict.
You wouldn’t feel so confident about claiming you weren’t good at reading, so why is it okay to be openly negative about mathematics?
Why asking potential employees “how many golf balls could you fit in a school bus?” won’t get you the best staff.
We often think of posture as a physical thing – but our minds play a crucial part too.
China’s aviation industry is bucking the global economic slowdown. But the women that fuel it are facing burnout.
Some data shows the gap in employment rates between disabled and non-disabled working-age people has gone down. But other data says the opposite. Here’s why.
In many of the workplaces I visit as a neuroscientist, stressed workers behave much like addicted lab rats. But you don’t have to quit the rat race to start feeling better at work.
A staggering 20% of senior management positions remain empty in the NHS – a figure that goes up to 37% in mental health. As demand for health and social care services go up in a context of recession and…
Is the recent exposé of the harsh working conditions at Amazon all that surprising?
Rudeness causes medical teams to perform worse, and ultimately this could have huge costs for patients.
Navigating the welfare system is part of the daily work of most health and social care workers – from the therapists advising patients on how to survive a “fitness to work” assessment to the 30% of NHS…
Coworking is on the rise, but the jury’s still out on whether or not it’s a good thing.
Despite your genuine intentions, your friends or colleagues may not be as excited as you think to hear your good news.
More and more workplaces are turning to the wellness industry to try and solve the problem of overwork.
Neurodiversity describes those who think, see and process information differently. And they can be an asset in the right workplaces.
Heat cost Australia nearly A$7 billion in 2014, which is bad news given climate forecasts of hotter and more frequent heatwaves.
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