When I worked at a suburban Woolworths I saw outrageous theft. The store managers would tackle thieves to the ground in the car park.
Despite the alarm generated among business owners, it’s likely these changes will have very little practical impact, and may never take effect at all.
There has been a shift in workplace culture, away from resilience and towards heightened sensitivity to interpersonal dynamics. Acts of “psycho-social harm” can now put you in courtroom.
I’ve seen time theft including employees doing home renovations on the clock and another streaming pornography daily (even during work Zoom calls).
I investigate employee misconduct in the childcare, aged care and education sectors - and I’ve seen how evil infiltrates workplaces.
The theatre of “lock up the executives” plays well to workers, but to get the attention of lawbreakers, we should publicly shame them.
Dolly Parton recommends keeping your mouth shut if you want to stay in show business. Much the same could be said for any workplace in Australia.
From next month, protective workplace measures with good intentions will be exploited by slack employees and put hardworking colleagues at risk.
What you do on the weekend is entirely your own business, but as an employment lawyer, I can assure you that you cannot dress as a furry at work and expect legal protection.
Post-COVID, employees are more aggro than ever before, meaning bullying, sexual harassment, disobedience, gaslighting, negativity, and disputation are reaching record highs across workplaces.
