WORKPLACE BULLYING?

Workplace bullying takes on many different forms.

Some examples of this include:

• abusing workers loudly in front of workmates or customers
• sabotaging a fellow employee's work by such means as not passing on information, hiding tools and equipment, damaging completed work, etc - usually with the aim of showing the victim up in front of management
• persistent complaints and critisms on trivial matters
• threats of dismissal for trivial mistakes or shortcomings
• spreading false rumours
• excluding individuals from workplace social events or not speaking to them
• holding a person up to public ridicule

This sort of treatment is continual and usually directed at one particular individual, who often does not understand why this is happening.

It is easier to prevent workplace bullying than it is to intervene after an event or mediate during an established pattern of bullying.  For an extensive overview of identifying and dealing with workplace bullying, and or implementing a prevention strategy please download and review the following "Fact Sheet".   

  Workplace Bullying