AUSTRALIA’S Parliament House has a “toxic” culture in which staff are regularly bullied and cronyism is common, an inquiry has heard. Union delegates told a Senate committee hearing in Canberra today one in five Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS) staff had experienced bullying. “It’s definitely increased in the past 24 months,” Community and Public Sector […]
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ATO forced to punish 17 workplace bullies
May 2nd, 2012THE Australian Taxation Office has disciplined 17 staff members for workplace harassment and bullying, it has been revealed. In answers to Senate estimates hearings, the ATO has confirmed it imposed five fines of 1.5-5 per cent of the staffers’ salaries. On top of this, the ATO issued a formal reprimand, a demotion and sent staff […]
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