Working Well Together Insights
Unfair Dismissal Claim After Bullying Complaint
A former Bunnings department manager has lodged unfair dismissal proceedings in the Federal Circuit Court, claiming he was sacked after he lodged a complaint with the Fair Work Commission about workplace bullying at Bunnings. Read more here.
Am I the Bully?
At a meeting a few days ago, I was asked a question “Wouldn’t it be great if we had a checklist that allowed a bully to work out for themselves whether they are a bully?” Creating a checklist to assist people to assess whether they are using bullying type behaviours...
New Safe Work Australia Workplace Bullying and Harassment Research
In November 2016, Safe Work Australia published a new research report Bullying and Harassment in Australian Workplaces: Results from the Australian Workplace Barometer Project 2014/15. The key aims of this report is: to ascertain national prevalence data of workplace...
Beyondblue launches workplace bullying report
In October 2016, beyondblue launched their report Workplace Bullying in Australia. The report highlights that almost 50 per cent of Australian employees will experience some form of workplace bullying during their working lives. In the last six months between 5-7% of...
Payout of more than $1 million for workplace bullying
In a recent case, an employee in a NSW government agency was awarded more than $1 million dollars in a negotiated workplace bullying settlement. The medical evidence provided indicates that, due to the mental injury incurred, the woman isunable to ever return to work....
The invariable “bullying” word
Every time I tell someone for the first time that I run a consultancy specialising in workplace bullying, it inevitably leads to a story of his or her experience. On some occasions it is experience of behaviours directed at them. On others, it may have been what they...
About Michael
Michael Plowright is the founder of Working Well Together. Led by a profound belief that people should live happy, productive lives both in and out of the workplace, he supports companies and organisations that are resolute about preventing and managing workplace bullying.
Michael started Working Well Together because he saw that despite workplace bullying undoubtedly being a serious issue, many workplaces are ill-equipped to prevent or manage it. Managers and HR and OH&S staff often don’t have the time or skills, or find that the systems they have in place are too broad and generic to deal with what is a very particular issue.
Michael has over 15 years’ experience in leadership and management in the not-for-profit sector, successfully leading teams at both strategic and operational levels. He has experienced first-hand the challenges of managing staff with difficult behaviours like bullying, and knows what it’s like to be in the centre of a human storm. His extensive experience managing office behaviours, providing support to targets of workplace bullying, and rebuilding teams affected by it, forms the foundation of Working Well Together. This, together with his specialist, up-to-date knowledge of workplace bullying and legislation, allows him to help companies and organisations so they can focus on their core purpose and keeping their clients happy, and so that employees can go home safe and well at the end of each day.
Are you interested in learning more about Michael? Click here to get in touch, or connect on LinkedIn.
