Season 07 Episode 04: Cheap and nasty: The unintended consequences of workplace interventions

This episode extends the discussion from Season 07 Episode 02 on workplace incentives. Thank you, Michael Grima, who shared a media report on paid Tinder leave benefits. “You get paid to go out on a date?” Alan marvels. “Love me, Tinder…” Trajce croons. “I guess being in love is supposed to make you productive,” Sara reasons. Trajce digs in, “Coffee, Botox, I’ll take it all. I’ll buy in I’m cheap and nasty!”

Sara needles the boys to consider the legal implications of a workplace incentive gone awry, like a horrible App-connection date gone wrong if that were funded and supported as paid leave by the workplace. In that vein, Alan shares a case about a young boy who’s hand sanitiser ignites when in contact with a museum plasma ball. Trajce comments, “When you introduce one control you often create new hazards.”