Perhaps the only good thing to come out of yet another Defence scandal this week is the blistering speech by Lieutenant General David Morrison who delivered a clear and candid message to his troops: “those that think that it is ok to behave in a …
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Would you speak out about inappropriate behaviour or bullying at work? Why most women don’t.
Posted on 16 August 2011.
“So who here would like to fu#% Jane* tonight?” This is the example one woman gave me to illustrate the culture of bullying and harassment in her team. It happened at a sales dinner with her all-male colleagues and two male clients. The question emerged in the restaurant, after dinner and the consumption of an abundance […]
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Employers free to sack gossip mongers: Fair Work Australia gives green light to sack worker for spreading salacious rumours
Posted on 09 August 2011.
Spreading rumours at work is indeed a sackable offence, with the decision to sack a Global Cranes worker who spread “salacious” rumours being upheld by the workplace watchdog. Former Global Cranes employee Kym Reedy was fired in December last year after it was found that she spread rumours about her employer’s sex life and supposed drug […]
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Men’s Regrets Focus on Work, Women’s on Love
Posted on 09 August 2011.
Asked to report one salient regret in life, men were more likely to mention a work regret, whereas women were more likely to mention a regret related to love, according to a survey of 370 adult Americans by Mike Morrison of the University of Illinois and Neal J. Roese of the Kellogg School at Northwestern University. When […]
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