WhyWork Podcast

Season 09 Episode 07: Trading Up – Work in the Sex Trade WARNING: This episode refers to adult entertainment work domains – we advise listener discretion. Alan explores workplace claims involving an adult entertainment specialist, debating work arrangements and business entitlements. In doing so, he reveals some of the traits of a business contracting ‘done right.’ Work is work and the sex trade r...

Season 09 Episode 06: Skylarking yet Held to a Higher Standard WARNING: This episode refers to workplace bullying and harassment - we advise listener discretion. This episode explores the job duties that prevail even after you’ve clocked off – at least, in view of public expectation. The crew debate: Does your job outlive its tenure and should you be judged by it in your personal life? “Never have...

Season 09 Episode 05: It is All Too Human: Why Prosecute? WARNING: This episode includes discussion on a serious workplace injury - we advise listener discretion. Degloved and prosecuted - Why pursue an employee whose judgment lapsed, and they are already in a world of pain from a gruesome workplace injury? The team are flummoxed by the idea of governmental prosecutions of individuals versus organ...

Season 09 Episode 04: The Moral Compass of the Law “The idea of a moral compass of the law assumes that we care about caring,” Sara provokes. “We cannot escape the moral compass of the law,” Trajce warns. Alan agrees, “Good laws reflect good moral judgment.” The podcasters explore contemporary, newsworthy topics related to moral injury. Sara describes moral injury, an occupational psychosocial haz...

Season 09 Episode 03: "Top o' the morning to ya!" The WhyWork Podcast team marvel at a case when a seemingly simple salutation triggers a workplace dismissal. “Was it fair?’ Trajce begs the question. Alan asks about material misconduct and whether a belief related to the cause of an offence is reasonable justification for dismissal. This is a provocative episode, prompting deep thought on when pla...

Season 09 Episode 02: Spyware - Yah, baby! It’s all the rage The team debate a question in workplace dismissals: “Was the sacking harsh, unjust, or unreasonable?” Alan presents the new way of working as an inspector – using body-worn cameras in investigations. He argues, “If you are capturing someone’s personal information, a video of them, a voice recording, and their interactions, the person sho...

Season 09 Episode 01 of the WhyWork Podcast begins with sensational media gossip that leads the team, Alan, Sara, and Trajce (aka “Ziggy,” the pop music master), down a pathway of discussion on the bounds of workplace dismissal. Yes, the Coldplay incident. Trajce asks about reasonable workplace treatment when the scope of query encroaches upon one’s personal life. They discuss what happens when a...

Season 09 Trailer 06: Refugees Trajce advance's a refugees claim of years of bullying, micromanagment, and discrimination. The team, Alan, Trajce, and Sara, wrangle with the 'ColdPlay'd-gate' escapades and the symbolic implications of workplace power relations. Tune in to the release of Season 09 for a focus on workplace terminations for all manner of challenging reasons - coming soon!

Season 09 Trailer 05: Autopilot mode "How many times have you done something silly but you've been in autopilot mode?" reflects Sara when considering human factors and relatable fallabilities. Humans also innovate and improve work systems. Season 09 is coming soon, talking about more whacky case law, relatable faux-pas, and dissection of human behaviour. Stay tuned for more coming your way.

Season 09 Trailer 04: PRAiSE - Psychosocial Risk Assessment and Integrated Solutions for Employers . The team reflect on "The best psychosocial instrument on the planet," as Trajce aludes, while Alan struggles with prosecutions of employees in Work Health Safety Legislation.

Season 09 Trailer 03: Nothing but dismissals - can't we all just get along? Season 09 takes listeners down a workplace dismissal path. Alan, Trajce, and Sara explore workplace conflicts and government prosecutions in work health and safety law. Alan struggles... listen in for more on this with Season 09 releases - coming soon!

Season 09 Trailer 02: Bring it on - The kaleidoscope of workplace mishaps. Get ready for more humour and confronting tales - Season 09, coming soon.

Season 09 Trailer 01: Back in black - we're back... soon! Back in black - we're coming back soon for Season 09. Great ready for more quips about contemporary events and controversial stories, laced with insights from diverse perspectives. We explore business strategy, work design, human factors, and work health safety case law. The more things change, the more things stay the same...!

Season 09 Trailer 06: Refugees Trajce advance's a refugees claim of years of bullying, micromanagment, and discrimination. The team, Alan, Trajce, and Sara, wrangle with the 'ColdPlay'd-gate' escapades and the symbolic implications of workplace power relations. Tune in to the release of Season 09 for a focus on workplace terminations for all manner of challenging reasons - coming soon!

Season 09 Trailer 05: Autopilot mode "How many times have you done something silly but you've been in autopilot mode?" reflects Sara when considering human factors and relatable fallabilities. Humans also innovate and improve work systems. Season 09 is coming soon, talking about more whacky case law, relatable faux-pas, and dissection of human behaviour. Stay tuned for more coming your way.

Season 09 Trailer 04: PRAiSE - Psychosocial Risk Assessment and Integrated Solutions for Employers . The team reflect on "The best psychosocial instrument on the planet," as Trajce aludes, while Alan struggles with prosecutions of employees in Work Health Safety Legislation.

Season 09 Trailer 03: Nothing but dismissals - can't we all just get along? Season 09 takes listeners down a workplace dismissal path. Alan, Trajce, and Sara explore workplace conflicts and government prosecutions in work health and safety law. Alan struggles... listen in for more on this with Season 09 releases - coming soon!

S09 Trailer 02: Bring it on - The kaleidoscope of workplace mishaps. Get ready for more humour and confronting tales - Season 09, coming soon.

Back in black - we're coming back soon for Season 09. Great ready for more quips about contemporary events and controversial stories, laced with insights from diverse perspectives. We explore business strategy, work design, human factors, and work health safety case law. The more things change, the more things stay the same...!

Season 08 Episode 13: Re-release Episode: Kozorov and the Need for Purpose WARNING: This episode refers to traumas involving children - we advise listener discretion. We re-release S01 E13 in the wake of growing concerns about psychosocial risk management in the workplace. This case is about vicarious trauma - the long-term psychological distress that can arise among workers arising from secondary...

Season 08 Episode 12: Jumping Castles Part Two WARNING: This episode includes discussion about fatal events impacting children and families – we advise listener discretion. The WhyWork Podcast Team, Alan, Trajce, and Sara, discuss the complexities of a prosecutorial strategy when fatal events occur at a school: children who die as a result of a windstorm and out-of-control, airborne jumping castle...

Season 08 Episode 11: Toolbox Talk: Acknowledgement of Country WARNING: This episode addresses cultural sensitivity issues in the workplace – we advise listener discretion. Trajce challenges his podcast team, Alan, and Sara, with a claim about cultural sensitivities. He shares a tale about a street sweeper’s unfair dismissal by a local government city council after he raised his concerns about the...

Season 08 Episode 10: Darth Vader and the handshake of death Alan, Trajce, and Sara start this episode in discussion about the social etiquette of handshakes. Alan advocates for the politeness of the handshake in business negotiations, and Trajce explains his handshake aversions, and the origins of a handshake. In this reverie, Trajce reflects on his support band, warming up big names in the 1980’...

Season 08 Bonus: WhyNOT? A Wisdom Shot: Creating joyful paths This wisdom shot challenges workplaces to think about creating joyful paths in their workplace, versus hoping someone falls into a path of joy. It's about using service design combined with human factors approaches to construct manageable and meaningful work while managing psychosocial risks.

Season 08 Episode 09: Psychosocial Hazard Salad In this episode, the team discusses the challenges in the contemporary workplace of managing the complexity of psychosocial risks that can cause mental health disorders among workers – disorders like anxiety, stress, low mood, and depression. Sara laments the literature and assessment approaches that reveal the “What?” without explaining the “SO What...