Harassment at Work: Investigating What is workplace harassment? Harassment can be considered a form discrimination in employment. Harassment is unwelcome behavior that is based upon race, color or religion (including gender identity or pregnancy), age, disability or genetic information (including family history). A victim’s supervisor, another supervisor in the same area, an agent of their …
Steps to Deal with Harassment What is harassment? Harassment refers to unwelcome behaviour based on race color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or pregnancy, national origin, older years (beginning at 40), disability or genetic information (including family history). Harassment at work can be from co-workers, supervisors, or anyone else, including customers, clients, vendors, and even …
What is workplace bullying? There are many forms of workplace bullying. These include harassment, discrimination and belittling. However, subtler actions can be detrimental to employees’ mental health. These include being excluded from work meetings or social activities, being subject to jokes and constant teasing, or receiving excessive performance monitoring in comparison to your peers. These actions …
What is unacceptable behaviour at work? In general, unacceptable behaviour can be described as any behaviour that poses a risk to the company or employees’ health or safety. It is normal for employees to behave professionally and treat others with respect and dignity in the workplace. Even though everyone is imperfect and every worker has …
What Is Bullying? Bullying can be defined as any act or comment that could psychologically, or ‘mentally’ harm or isolate someone in the workplace. Bullying can also include physical contact. Bullying is usually characterised by repeated acts or a pattern that is designed to intimidate or degrade a person or group of people. Bullying can …
Anti Harassment Training for Your Workplace Every employee has the right of a harassment-free workplace. It is the employer’s responsibility to make that happen. Employees must be educated about their role in eliminating harassment at work. The #MeToo movement poses unique challenges for general counsel and human resources managers, as well as boards that are becoming …
Harassment and Anti-Bullying Advice People pay attention to harassment stories that involve a famous person. Most harassment stories, especially workplace harassment, don’t make the news. They are all too common and have been around for a while. Harassment refers to any verbal and physical bullying based on sexuality, religion, or other characteristics. Harassment is not only immoral and …
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