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HOT ISSUES IN HR

Bullying, Harassment and Bad Behaviour – the new criminal code

Social Networking and Connectivity – betting the Farmville

Managing allegations of sexual misconduct – HR, PR & IR

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Bullying & HarassmentBrodie Panlock Case & Victorian LegislationImplications in South AustraliaElevating the offence out of OHS Legislation into

its own criminal codeImprisonment a potential outcomeHeading this off at the pass – the case against

poor behaviour

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Bullying & Harassment Step 1: How likely it is that an employee in your

organisation will experience incivility from another employee? Ask yourself Ask them Look at records Listen to talk at drinks

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Bullying & HarassmentStep 2: How many employees work for your

organisation?

Step 3: On the basis of your assumptions, how many employees will experience incivility per annum?

Step 4: Calculate the effects experienced

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Bullying & Harassment A guide to calculating effects:

53% lose time worrying about the incivility 28% lose time avoiding the offender 37% lose commitment to the employer 22% decreased efforts at work 10% decreased time they spent at work 46% thought about moving jobs; and 12% did

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Bullying & Harassment Step 4: Multiply total number of employees experiencing incivility by

the % of effects

Step 5: Calculate the hourly cost of employees or calculate the hourly revenue generated (if quantifiable)

Step 6: Add in hours taken administering bad behaviour

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STEP 1How likely is incivility? (a) 50%

STEP 2How many employees? (b) 160

STEP 3How many employees experience

incivility per annum? (c)80

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STEP 4# employees losing time worrying? 80x53%

42# employees avoiding offender? 80x28%

22# employees with weak commitment?

80x37% 30# employees reducing effort? 80x22%

18# employees less time @ work? 80x10%

8# employees thinking about change? 80x46%

37# employees who do change? 80x12%

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STEP 5 Hour worked per annum – 2040 Average salaries - $80,000 Average hourly rate $39

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STEP 5Lost time worrying:42x 0.25 x39

$409.50Lost time avoiding:22x0.25x39 $214.50Lost commitment:30x(3% Val)x2040

$71604.00Reduce efforts (10 hours):18x10x39 $7020.00Decrease work time (13 hours):8x13x39

$4056.00Think job change (2 hours): 37x2x39

$2886.00Replacement costs (1.5 x salary):

10 x $120,000.00 $1.2 Million

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STEP 6 Add legals: $50,000.00 Add HR downtime (10 hrs week) $18,720.00

GRAND TOTAL $1,354,910.00

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Bullying & Harassment & the Social NetworkDemographic shift in workplaces

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Bullying & Harassment & the Social NetworkGreater access to connectivity a hallmark of the

demographic evolutionPolicies must be flexible to adapt to the changes Beware the pre-employment scan

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Bullying & Harassment & the Social NetworkWhere does the workplace connection end?OHS? – Workplace?Worker’s Compensation?Rights to terminate?Need clear policy direction – BUT – stay away

from the personal

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Managing Sexual Misconduct At work?What is a workplace?InvestigationsConfidentiality

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Managing Sexual Misconduct

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Managing Sexual MisconductDo you have a PR strategy – internal & external

communications?Harmer’s Workplace lawyers’ strategyShutting down on citizen journalism

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Managing Sexual Misconduct

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SA MP on child porn charges after police raid home

Managing Sexual MisconductYour right to suspendYour right to disciplineYour right to dismissOHS?Your duty to other employees

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Grant Archer www.linkbridge.com.au