It is extremely important to keep a written record of every time there was bullying, who was involved and what happened, including the actions and attitude of any supervisor or foreperson.
Get support from your friends who will back you up.
Get support from your union, if there is one.
Keep a record too of what happened when you reported to the employer and what actions he/she took. If the bullying continues you may have to go outside the workplace to police or the courts.
Methods to control workplace bullying:
Bullying happens because it is allowed. It takes courage for one person to speak up and try to find out if other employees are being bullied, but generally most employees are well aware of who is being bullied. By not addressing bullying in the workplace it can cause one or more employees to miss days of work; feel depressed; cornered because they need their job, but fear being bullied and are afraid they will get fired. This is extremely unproductive for any company and needs to be addressed immediately.
In most cases bullying in the workplace is now considered a dismissable offense. Good companys have recognised that intimidation also falls under the Health and Safety at Work acts in that its a stress caused in the work place.
To deter it requires good managers to take the lead, make it clear that any instance is treated as zero tolerance. However, it has to be seen as real bullying and not banter. The workplace has alot of banter which some people find difficult to deal with and immeadiately call it bullying.
He decided to confront the bully
Gary Namie has written: 'The bully at work' -- subject(s): Bullying in the workplace, Brimades en milieu de travail 'The bully-free workplace' -- subject(s): Bullying in the workplace
You should either tell an adult or personally confront the bully and tell him that he has hurt your feelings or you. If that doesn't work, contact your parents or an adult.
Don't confront the bully. Try to stay away from him/her. You don't want unnecessary confrontation. That would would only make it worse.
Don't confront the bully. Try to stay away from him/her. You don't want unnecessary confrontation. That would would only make it worse.
The future tense of "confront" is "will confront".
No, that is an invasion of privacy and against the law in the workplace.
Perhaps not. Unfortunately, I believe that most hostile workplace laws are written with the intention of preventing sexual and physical harassment, not to control 'bully-bosses.'
Yes, there is such a thing as university bullies. There are bullies in certain areas of society such as Elementary School; High School; University and the workplace. Even parents to friends can bully.
If there is a group of friends excluding you at work then you must be honest with yourself and think very hard at anything you may have said or done to offend them. If you feel there is nothing you have done wrong then be strong and confront two or more of them face to face. Individuals in a workplace that bind together against another are immature; insecure and sometimes just plain jealous and viscous and they do not have the fortitude to confront that person to their face. Sometimes it's a wise person who keeps their private life private and makes friends outside of the workplace and you may want to consider this. The workplace is to do your job and put your time in so do what is asked of you and once your time is your own makes those new friends outside of the workplace.
The bully will just have to bully
I think this answer can be a bully or an intimidator.