Abusive, insulting or offensive language Overloading a person with work or not providing enough work Behaviour or language that frightens, Unfair treatment in relation to accessing humiliates, belittles or degrades, including workplace entitlements such as leave or abuse, sarcasm or criticism training Inappropriate comments about a person’s Setting timelines that are difficult to appearance, lifestyle or their family achieve or constantly changing deadlines Teasing or regularly making someone the Repeatedly setting tasks that are below or of pranks or practical jokes beyond a person’s skill level Interfering with a person’s personal effects Ignoring or isolating a person or work equipment Harmful or offensive initiation practices Deliberately denying access to information, consultation or resources Isolation or marginalisation of workers from Spreading rumours or innuendo about others someone Physical assault or threats. Unnecessarily changing work arrangements such as rosters and leave to the detriment of a worker or workers. What is not bullying behaviour? Many things that happen at work are generally not considered to be bullying, although some experiences can be uncomfortable for those involved. It is important to understand that there are bound to be occasional differences of opinion, conflicts and problems in working relationships these are part of working life. – Examples of behaviours that are not bullying include: carrying out legitimate or reasonable management decisions or actions expressing differences of opinion providing constructive and courteous feedback, counselling or advice about behaviour making a complaint about a manager or employee’s conduct in a reasonable way.
Abusive, insulting or offensive language Overloading a person with work or not providing enough work Behaviour or language that frightens, humiliates, belittles or degrades, including abuse, sarcasm or criticism Unfair treatment in relation to accessing workplace entitlements such as leave or training Inappropriate comments about a person’s appearance, lifestyle or their family Setting timelines that are difficult to achieve or constantly changing deadlines Teasing or regularly making someone the of pranks or practical jokes Repeatedly setting tasks that are below or beyond a person’s skill level Interfering with a person’s personal effects or work equipment Ignoring or isolating a person Harmful or offensive initiation practices Deliberately denying access to information, consultation or resources Isolation or marginalisation of workers from others Spreading rumours or innuendo about someone Physical assault or threats. Unnecessarily changing work arrangements such as rosters and leave to the detriment of a worker or workers. What is not bullying behaviour? Many things that happen at work are generally not considered to be bullying, although some experiences can be uncomfortable for those involved. It is important to understand that there are bound to be occasional differences of opinion, conflicts and problems in working relationships – these are part of working life. Examples of behaviours that are not bullying include: carrying out legitimate or reasonable management decisions or actions expressing differences of opinion providing constructive and courteous feedback, counselling or advice about behaviour making a complaint about a manager or employee’s conduct in a reasonable way.
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