Welcome to our voice, we publish opinions and editorials on recent events in Australia concerning workplace behaviours.
New Law for workplace bullies.
Bullies can now face up to 10 years in jail under the new 'Brodie's Law'. Listen to Stuart King on 3AW radio and Channel 7 news about the issue and what it means now for the Australian Workplace.
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Well-prepared companies can avoid a whole lot of pain - not least to themselves - by ensuring employees are safe.
Courage comes in various guises. Admittedly, the stories of courage in my armoury of police tales have mostly involved conflict: on the one hand, offenders with guns, knives and machetes and, on the other, ordinary citizens who have stumbled upon scenes and accidentally or deliberately become heroes.
Kristy Fraser-Kirk files $37 million lawsuit against Mark McInnes opinion
David Jones’s current crisis highlights the need for clear leadership in matters of workplace behaviour argues workplace conflict resolution expert Stuart King.
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Young Brodie Panlock took her own life after she experienced humiliating and relentless bullying.
Three Melbourne men implicated in the physical and emotional bullying of a teenage waitress - who later committed suicide - have pleaded guilty to workplace charges. An inquest into the death of Brodie Rae Constance Panlock, 19, heard she was treated in an ''extremely aggressive and intimidating'' manner at the popular Cafe Vamp in Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn. 
The ugly truth about organisations
A recent Work Pro survey demonstrated that 30 per cent of a sample 2140 employees had been bullied, 24 per cent had been discriminated against and 44 per cent had witnessed bullying. Bullying costs Australian business billions of dollars annually, and many stress and anxiety work cover claims are rooted in unfair treatment at work. The average claim for a stress and anxiety claim is $97, 032 according to the 2009 survey of Catholic schools in Victoria.





