Briarpatch Magazine: Rumour Has It

Over the past decade, workplace anti-gossip policies have proliferated under the guise of protecting workers from bullying and rumours. Many employers include boilerplate anti-gossip policies like this one in employee handbooks: “Gossip is not tolerated in the workplace. Gossip is any conversation about another person in which the other person is not present, or in which the participants have no power to change the situation.” Read more →