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How woke workplaces make us big babies

29 October 2019

5:00 AM

29 October 2019

5:00 AM

Businesses have “gone too far” in telling people how to live their lives, according to Attorney-General Christian Porter. His comments were sparked by the debate about religious freedom, but the problem of paternalistic employers goes much deeper.

Needlessly prescriptive lists of dos and don’ts for staff to bow to — sometimes extending to outside the workplace —don’t just encroach on employees’ freedom.

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