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It's been described as all froth and no beer, worse than a poke in the eye with a burnt stick, and codswallop - the performance review, that annual workplace ritual hated by Australian workers.

Famous saying states that most of us can count our best friends on one hand.

It is no surprise that when the big guns of WA housing industry meet the state of the market is the number one topic of conversation. Continue to read the coverage of the latest CEO Voice Series Luncheon here.

It is an "ism" that many have never heard of even though it has become so culturally entrenched in our community that even those with good intentions are guilty of this form of discrimination.

Are you a scent-sitive worker who suffers from adverse reactions to your colleagues' overpowering perfumes, aftershaves and body lotions?

A surprise threat is challenging the airspace above an increasing number of workplaces around the country, leaving bosses to shake their heads in collective disbelief.

The idea of trashing colleagues through bullying is far from new, nor is it news that repeated, unreasonable behaviour directed towards an individual or group of employees creates a risk to workplace health and safety.

Cast your mind back to pre-social media days when the only platform available to bemoan unfair treatment in the workplace was an informal get-together with supportive colleagues around the water cooler.

Of all the workplace fads that have inspired grumbling, none has spawned more acrimony than the open-plan office.

Have you ever taken a sickie - a day when you phone your boss to say you are unwell, despite being fit as a fiddle in both mind and body, to get a day off work?