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Grant Archer www.linkbridge.com.au
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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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