Tag: business owners

Can we ditch the “evil boss” stereotype already?

The public discussion this week about proposed changes to the Employment Relations Act to allow employers to ask staff to stay onsite during their breaks, has been seized upon as a great opportunity for the airing of some persistent and nasty myths about business owners. It’s all very well and good to oppose these changes, but many of the comments about businesses have once again exposed a view of small business owners as being tyrannical employers, heartlessly squeezing every last drop of profit out of an increasingly overworked and undervalued staff. These persistent myths are, frankly, wrong and unhelpful.