To me the article was reporting on claims and accusations made against such employers then stating what some people involved had to say about it. The Telstra employee’s suicide is actually old news.

I remember watching the 4 Corners report mentioned in the article a while back (transcript). Search page for “GPS” and start reading from there.

Reading that again reaffirms my disbelief in how people are so willing to accept unfair working conditions. Somehow they feel powerless to do anything about it. I can only comment on the OHS legislation of NSW, but there are explicit provisions in there protecting employees from dismissal should they raise Health & Safety concerns. So what’s stopping them?

I guess this is just another example of The Age being crap. It’s like A Current Affair in print.