New South Wales government ministers have lambasted the new workplace behaviour advice, which banned the use of the word “mate” as “straight out of 1984.”
The NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet conducted a series of Respect at Work training sessions this week, in which staff were advised not to consume alcohol in the office, yell at colleagues, “banter”, or gossip about co-workers.
Under the inclusion policy, the MPs were instructed to invite everyone in the office out for after-work drinks or lunch while work tasks must be fairly divided between senior and junior colleagues.
The training, which is led by an external diversity and inclusion consultant, will be run regularly to promote “inclusive leadership,” “unconscious bias,” “cultural inclusion”, and “gender equity.”
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