by Jennifer Bicknell | May 6, 2025
An employee sent a resignation email in the early hours of the morning. The employer accepted it. Later, the employee tried to withdraw his resignation, claiming he had been suffering from paranoid delusions at the time. When the employer refused to let him retract...
by Jennifer Bicknell | May 6, 2025
A Melbourne-based lawyer flew to Adelaide for a long weekend. His absence from work on the Friday and Monday was explained in a statutory declaration and online medical certificate. When a HR consultant later spotted Instagram photos of the healthy looking employee...
by Jennifer Bicknell | May 3, 2025
Hello! In this Special Edition of Jen’s Workplace News we share the “Zoom Crimes Report” and provide practical solutions to help your workplace tackle chronic offending. Cheers, Jen Offence: “Let’s Go Around and Share One Word for How We’re Feeling” The moment...
by Jennifer Bicknell | May 2, 2025
Emoji use can have unintended consequences – especially across generations. One person’s levity is another person’s passive-aggression. Take this exchange: Gen Z employee: “All done with the report 🖒” Boomer manager: “Is there a reason for the tone?” Gen Z...
by Jennifer Bicknell | Apr 26, 2025
Hello! Welcome to your favourite workplace newsletter – a combination of things you need to know and things that will make you laugh out loud. In this issue there’s a workplace trend, a couple of case reviews, and sage advice in the “Dear Jen” column. And of course, I...
