S COSTI & J.L POLESE ABN 45 743 859 407 

t/as Did You Hear What Happened at Work

Last updated: 3 July 2026

These Terms and Conditions apply to your use of the website, content, podcast materials, story submission functions and related platforms for Did You Hear What Happened at Work.

In these Terms, “we”, “us” and “our” means S COSTI & J.L POLESE, ABN 45 743 859 407, trading as or operating the podcast Did You Hear What Happened at Work.

By using our website, submitting a story, accessing our content, listening or viewing our podcast or engaging with us online, you agree to these Terms and Conditions.

If you do not agree with these Terms, you must not use the website, nor listen or view our podcast or submit material to us.

Did You Hear What Happened at Work is a podcast about workplace stories, workplace conduct, employment issues and the kinds of things that can happen at work.

The podcast is intended for general information, commentary, discussion and entertainment.

The workplaces, employers, employees, characters, incidents and issues discussed on the podcast may be inspired by real-life events, but they are changed, dramatised, fictionalised, exaggerated, condensed, combined and/or anonymised so that no real person, workplace or business is intended to be identified.

Any resemblance to any actual person, workplace, employer, employee, business or event is coincidental.

Nothing on our website, podcast, social media, promotional material, content, written content or related platforms is legal advice and should never be considered legal advice.

The content is general in nature only. It does not take into account your personal circumstances, workplace, employment status, legal rights, deadlines, evidence, documents, location, jurisdiction or objectives.

You should not rely on the podcast, website or any related content as a substitute for legal advice.

If you need advice about your own circumstances, you should obtain advice from an appropriately qualified lawyer.

No solicitor-client, barrister-client, adviser-client or other professional relationship is created by:

• listening to or viewing the podcast;
• reading website content;
• submitting a story;
• contacting us;
• receiving a response from us;
• engaging with us on social media; or
• using any free content, resource or commentary.

You may have the opportunity to submit a workplace story, experience, question or other material to us.

By submitting material, you represent and warrant that:

• the material is your own original material or you have the right to provide it to us;
• you are not breaching any legal obligation, confidentiality obligation, employment obligation, court order, settlement agreement, deed, non-disclosure agreement or other restriction by submitting it;
• the material is not false, misleading, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, discriminatory, unlawful or otherwise inappropriate;
• the material does not unlawfully identify or expose any person, employer, workplace or business;
• the material does not infringe any intellectual property rights or privacy rights of another person; and
• you accept responsibility for the material you submit.

You must not submit confidential information, legally privileged information, sensitive personal information, court-restricted material or information about another person unless you have the lawful right to do so.

By submitting material to us, you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable and sublicensable licence to use, reproduce, edit, adapt, anonymise, fictionalise, dramatise, publish, communicate, perform, promote and otherwise exploit that material in connection with the podcast, website, social media, marketing, promotional material and related content.

This does not mean we will identify you. Our usual approach is to change, anonymise, dramatise and fictionalise story material so that no real person, workplace or business is intended to be identified.

You acknowledge and agree that:

• we are not required to use, publish or respond to your submission;
• we may edit, shorten, combine, fictionalise, dramatise, exaggerate, adapt or remove parts of your submission;
• we may create composite stories or scenarios using more than one source of inspiration;
• we may choose not to use a submission for any reason;
• we do not owe you payment, credit, approval rights or royalties for any submission; and
• once submitted, you may not be able to require us to remove content that has already been produced, recorded, published, distributed or promoted.

You must not assume that submitting a story will result in any particular person, workplace, employer, employee or business being named or identified.

We do not publish content for the purpose of identifying, exposing, targeting, harassing or defaming any individual, workplace or business.

We reserve the right to remove, reject or edit any material that, in our view, creates a risk of identification, defamation, breach of confidence, privacy breach, legal prejudice or other harm.

When using our website or communicating with us, you must not:

• use the website for unlawful purposes;
• submit false, misleading, defamatory, abusive or harmful material;
• attempt to identify anonymised people, workplaces or businesses discussed in the podcast;
• harass, threaten, abuse or target any person connected with the podcast;
• interfere with the operation or security of the website;
• upload viruses, malicious code or harmful material;
• scrape, copy or reproduce our website or content without permission;
• impersonate another person; or
• do anything that may damage our reputation, rights, systems or business.

Unless otherwise stated, all intellectual property rights in the website, podcast name, podcast episodes, scripts, written content, branding, logos, graphics, audio, video, promotional material and related content are owned by or licensed to us.

You may access and share our publicly available content for personal, non-commercial use, provided you do not alter it, misrepresent it, remove attribution or use it in a misleading way.

You must not copy, reproduce, adapt, publish, distribute, sell, licence, commercially exploit or create derivative works from our content without our prior written consent. Doing so may result in legal action against you, and we will seek our full rights applicable at law plus our legal costs on the full indemnity basis.

Our website may link to podcast platforms, social media platforms, payment providers, mailing list services, websites or other third-party services.

We are not responsible for third-party websites, platforms, policies, practices, content, security or availability.

Your use of third-party platforms may be governed by their own terms and privacy policies.

We try to ensure that our content is useful, accurate and current, but we do not guarantee that all information will be complete, accurate, current or suitable for your circumstances.

Workplace law and employment issues can vary depending on the jurisdiction, facts, evidence, employment arrangements, deadlines and applicable legislation.

You must not rely on our content as legal, medical, professional or personal advice.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any loss, damage, cost, expense, claim or liability arising from or connected with:

• your use of the website;
• your reliance on podcast, website or social media content;
• your submission of material to us;
• our use, editing, anonymisation, fictionalisation or non-use of submitted material;
• any technical interruption, website error or security issue;
• third-party websites or platforms;
• any misunderstanding that content is legal advice when it is not; or
• any action you take or do not take after engaging with our content.

Nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts or modifies any consumer guarantee, right or remedy that cannot be excluded, restricted or modified under the Australian Consumer Law or any other applicable law.

You agree to indemnify us against any loss, damage, cost, expense, claim or liability arising from or connected with:

• your breach of these Terms;
• your misuse of the website;
• material you submit to us;
• your breach of another person’s rights;
• your breach of confidentiality, privacy, employment, settlement, court or legal obligations; 
• any claim made by a third party arising from material you provided to us;
• any and all costs, including legal costs on the indemnity basis that we may incur in relation to any claim against you, or involving you.

We may remove, edit, refuse, restrict or disable access to any content or submission at any time, without notice, if we consider it appropriate to do so.

We are not required to provide reasons for rejecting, editing or removing content.

We do not guarantee that the website will always be available, uninterrupted, secure or error-free.

We may update, suspend, withdraw or change the website or any part of it at any time.

Our handling of personal information is governed by our Privacy Policy, available on our website.

By using the website or submitting material to us, you agree to the handling of your personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

We may amend these Terms from time to time. The updated Terms will be published on our website with the revised “last updated” date.

Your continued use of the website after the updated Terms are published means you accept the updated Terms.

These Terms are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia.

You submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales and any courts that may hear appeals from those courts.

For questions about these Terms, please contact:
S COSTI & J.L POLESE ABN 45 743 859 407 t/as Did You Hear What Happened at Work
Email: contact@didyouhearpodcast.com.au