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WhyWork Podcast

Alan Girle, Trajce Cvetkovski, & Sara Pazell

The WhyWork Podcast is an organisational strategy session and legal dissection of workplace events that are laced with humour. Your bloggers, Alan, Trajce, and Sara, explore the contemporary and uncomfortable realities of work and the boundaries that are tested. Alan and Trajce dismantle case law and Sara pushes all to consider how to redesign the world of work so that business objectives are realised and that people thrive. Good stories are told. The WhyWork team throws shade on some of the stories

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All Episodes

32:48

S08 E02: Christmas Day Code Blue: A Tassie healthcare...

WhyWork Podcast ·

2025/07/07

Season 08 Episode 02: Christmas Day Code Blue: A Tassie healthcare system wake-up callWARNING: This episode describes a fatality – we urge listening discretion.In this episode, the WhyWork team debate the issues surrounding a senior hospital doctor who, for years, carried the weight of a health system on his back. His widow’s lawyer claimed he worked seven days a week and was on call 24/7. He shielded his staff from the bureaucracy and advocated for better staffing care ratios. He managed

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S08 Bonus: WhyNOT? A Wisdom Shot: Work, rest, and play

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2025/07/02

Season 08 Bonus: WhyNOT? A Wisdom Shot: Work, rest, and playShould employees be permitted to disconnect from their workplace during their 'downtime'? Alan discusses The Fair Work Ammendment Right to Disconnect Bill 2023 which makes it legislatively clear that the provisions in work health safety laws intend to support workers. Alan contends that workers need to recharge and replenish versus always being 'ON' at work. "... Work, rest, and play," croons Trajce, citing the candybar jingle.For more on

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S08 E01: Flora, Fauna, and the ‘Port-a-Loo’: Beware...

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2025/07/01

Season 08 Episode 01: Flora, Fauna, and the ‘Port-a-Loo’: Beware the arachnidsIn this season opener of WhyWork Podcast, we forgo the spreadsheets and the performance statistics – we go straight to storytelling. A toilet. A spider. And a young worker’s unforgettable encounter with risk realities interrupting his routines – when faced with an arachnoid phenom, it was up close and highly personal. “Not once, but TWICE!” exclaims Trajce.“Sometimes, work gets weird,” Alan laments, as he shares

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S08 Trailer 05: The feasibiilty and foreseeability of...

WhyWork Podcast ·

2025/06/26

Season 08 Trailer 05: 'Feasibility and foreseeability of becoming a croc sandwich for a day' toys with the season's examination of exposure to wild critters during both work and tourist play. Coming soon.

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0:57

S08 Trailer 04: Stress, and more stress

WhyWork Podcast ·

2025/06/11

Season 08 Trailer 04: 'Stress, and more stress,' warns Trajce, "Ai-O, Ai-O, It's off to work we go..." Get ready to listen to Season 08 releases coming soon...

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0:48

S08 Bonus: WhyNOT? A Wisdom Shot: Botty Botch Botox

WhyWork Podcast ·

2025/06/10

Season 08 WhyNOT? A Wisdom Shot: Botty Botch Botox - Trajce is excited by Botox at work as his incentive to get back to the office. Sara is dismayed, and Alan is humoured (we recommend that you use your own discretion in this debate!).

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S08 Trailer 03: Health or... harm?

WhyWork Podcast ·

2025/06/09

Season 08 Trailer 03 Teases stories about healthcare, male-on-male workmate attention, Darth Vader, mining prosecutions, and so much more. "It's extraordinary!" exclaims Alan. "Watch this audio space," invites Trajce.

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0:41

S08 Trailer 02: Secret handshakes

WhyWork Podcast ·

2025/06/04

Season 08 Trailer 02: Secret handshakesCriminal work, health, and safety law convictions, children injured on theme rides, and secret handshakes - do you have one? Tune in, more coming on these topics in Season 08.

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1:19

S08 Bonus: WhyNOT? A Wisdom Shot: To SWMS or not to...

WhyWork Podcast ·

2025/06/04

Season 08 Bonus: WhyNOT? A Wisdom Shot: To sink or to SWMS?!The Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) debate is hot and Trajce summarises his research while giving it to us straight: SWMS or no, they have made little difference in organisations, and with or without one, fatalities may still arise in organisations. Listen to Season 06 E12: It's going SWM'ingly to learn more about this finding!

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1:08

S08: Trailer 01: Faux Paus and Flummoxes

WhyWork Podcast ·

2025/06/03

Season 08 Trailer 01: Faux Paus and Flummoxes: life is like a maze, listen to the WhyWork Podcasters recording mishaps as they prepare to release Season 08 - we're back!

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32:32

S07 Bonus 05: Mock Podcast: "Diamonds were her best...

WhyWork Podcast ·

2025/05/21

Season 07 Bonus 05: Mock Podcast: "Diamonds were her best friend... until carats became complaints - Part 3Listen to this Part 3, final in a series of 3 Parts, of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Association of Australia (HFESA) 2024 Annual Conference, Brisbane, Queensland special-episode interactive workshop on work design and case law. This episode encourages workshop delegates to examine a case of a jeweller, his magnanimous gift giving to a sales representative, and their mutual workplace

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30:54

S07 Bonus 04: Mock Podcast: "Diamonds were her best...

WhyWork Podcast ·

2025/05/12

Season 07 Bonus 02: Mock Podcast: "Diamonds were her best friend... until carats became complaints - Part 2Listen to this Part 2 of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Association of Australia (HFESA) 2024 Annual Conference, Brisbane, Queensland special-episode interactive workshop on work design and case law. This episode encourages workshop delegates to examine a case of a jeweller, his magnanimous gift giving to a sales representative, and their mutual workplace experiences. The episode discusses

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24:44

S07 Bonus 01: Mock Podcast: "Diamonds were her best...

WhyWork Podcast ·

2025/04/29

Season 07 Bonus 01: Mock Podcast: "Diamonds were her best friend... until carats became complaints - Part 1."This episode was presented during the Human Factors and Ergonomics Association of Australia (HFESA) 2024 Annual Conference, Brisbane, Queensland. The episode outlines the details of workplace affairs when too much bling and not enough boundaries become fodder for a workplace complaint. The dissection of the case of workplace relations between a jeweller and a store shop worker that eroded and

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1:12

S07 Trailer 06: Special Release Episode Part 3: Shiny...

WhyWork Podcast ·

2025/04/21

Season 07 Trailer 06: Special Release Episode Part 3: Shiny things or shadowy motives?Human Factors and Ergonomics Association of Australia (HFESA) Annual Conference 2024 workshop - Special Release Episode Part 3: Shiny things or shadowy motives? On the road and on tour: Listeners become podcasters for a day - Serious learning done playfully.

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1:34

S07 Trailer 05: Special Release Episode Part 2: Shiny...

WhyWork Podcast ·

2025/04/14

Season 07 Trailer 05: Special Release Episode Part 2: Shiny things or shadowy motives?Human Factors and Ergonomics Association of Australia (HFESA) Annual Conference 2024 workshop - Special Release Episode Part 2: Shiny things or shadowy motives? This could be a part of your workplace, listen in, and enjoy. If you attended the workshop, you might hear yourself on air - part of the story.

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4:05

S07 Trailer 04: Special Release Episode Part 1: Shiny...

WhyWork Podcast ·

2025/04/07

Season 07 Trailer 04: Human Factors and Ergonomics Association of Australia (HFESA) Annual Conference 2024 workshop - Special Release Episode Part 1: Shiny things or shadowy motives? The dimininishing sparkle of blurred lines, crossed boundaries, gift giving, and unclear relationships forming in the workplace.

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21:22

S07 E11: From ‘Command & Control’ to ‘Customer...

WhyWork Podcast ·

2025/03/31

Season 07 Episode 11: From ‘Command & Control’ to ‘Customer Service’ – Beyond ‘hazard salad’ in psychosocial risk management.The team revel in debate about the new Queensland state and Commonwealth government literature on psychosocial risk management. Sara is relieved to see updates to regulations on psychosocial risks (Work Health and Safety [Psychosocial Risks] Amendment Regulation 2022) because of their focus on work design. Trajce explains aspects of The Commonwealth Code of Practice:

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29:24

S07 E10: That old chestnut –Pets & work from home

WhyWork Podcast ·

2025/03/24

Season 07 Episode 10: That old chestnut –Pets & work from homePets at home or in the office are a ‘thing’ in modern workplaces. Alan explains, “Some organisations host ‘dog for the day’ events.” Trajce shares his faith-based workplace perk, a ‘Blessing of the animals,’ whether the animal is a police horse, a guinea pig, a dog, or cat. In response, Sara dreams of being blessed which prompts the boys to imagine Sara in all kinds of ‘furry’ dress-up costume scenes. In response to Sara’s protests,

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S07 E09: Gilmore versus Blue Care: A hankering for sex

WhyWork Podcast ·

2025/03/17

Season 07 Episode 09: Gilmore versus Blue Care: A hankering for sexWARNING: This episode includes discussion on a workplace sexual assault – we advise listener discretion.Alan introduces the case, Gilmore versus Blue Care, a community home care provider. In this case, a personal carer submitted her claim against her employer because of her report of sexual assault when providing daily living support to older men living in a group home. These men each had various forms of mental health disorders and

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33:40

S07 E08: Bollywood & The Digital Footprint

WhyWork Podcast ·

2025/03/10

Season 07 Episode 08: Bollywood & The Digital FootprintThis episode starts with Sara reflecting on the nature of her spirit animal and the symbols of her brand identity: a mix of frivolity and banditry. For more on spirit animals, tune in to S02 E14: Spirit Animals.Trajce introduces a case on an injured worker who submitted a claim against her employer, a national grocery chain. The claim arose from her experience of heel pain. However, the employer discovered that the injured worker enjoyed

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