As the title suggests, 'The Corporate Devil' it is one of the major upcoming problem in society. In this presentation i have talked about sexual harassment, how it is practiced, what are the ways to overcome it, etc.
People should be aware of this problem that is eating up their life and mind.
As the title suggests, 'The Corporate Devil' it is one of the major upcoming problem in society. In this presentation i have talked about sexual harassment, how it is practiced, what are the ways to overcome it, etc.
People should be aware of this problem that is eating up their life and mind.
Sexual Harassment
It is unlawful to harass a person (an applicant or employee) because of that person’s sex. Harassment can include “sexual harassment” or unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature.
Harassment does not have to be of a sexual nature, however, and can include offensive remarks about a person’s sex. For example, it is illegal to harass a woman by making offensive comments about women in general.
Both victim and the harasser can be either a woman or a man, and the victim and harasser can be the same sex.
Although the law doesn’t prohibit simple teasing, offhand comments, or isolated incidents that are not very serious, harassment is illegal when it is so frequent or severe that it creates a hostile or offensive work environment or when it results in an adverse employment decision (such as the victim being fired or demoted).
The harasser can be the victim's supervisor, a supervisor in another area, a co-worker, or someone who is not an employee of the employer, such as a client or customer.
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What is Workplace Harassment?
Harassment is any unwelcome verbal or physical conduct based on protected bases (race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, retaliation, and sexual orientation) when:
The conduct culminates in a tangible employment action, or
The conduct was sufficiently severe or pervasive to create a hostile work environment.
How to Determine Harassment Exists?
To determine whether the harassment exists:
Evaluate frequency and severity of misconduct
Apply reasonable person standard
Would a reasonable person find the behavior hostile, intimidating or abusive?
Tangible effect on job not necessary
Psychological harm not necessary
What is Sexual Harassment?
EEOC defines sexual harassment as:
Unwelcome sexual advances
Requests for sexual favors
Other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature
Two most common forms of sexual harassment are:
Quid pro quo harassment
Hostile work environment harassment
Who Can Be Involved in Harassment?
Those who commit, employees at all levels:
Manager
Co-worker
Customers
Vendors
Members of opposite sex, members of same sex, etc.
Those who are targeted:
Victims
Bystanders
Witnesses who are affected by the harassment
How to Prevent and Respond to Harassment?
Review and understand company harassment policy
Comply with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits harassment and discrimination
Know how and when to respond to harassment issues
Report harassment immediately
In recent years, allegations of sexual abuse and harassment have increased in all activities involving young participants. Unfortunately, all organizations are vulnerable to abuse, and it can and does occur in even the most seemingly positive settings. In fact, the opportunity to work with youth may attract potential abusers to leak in highly reputable organizations. Rotary International takes youth protection very seriously. In this workshop we will discuss the definitions, signs, and prevention of abuse and harassment. Facilitator: Serdar Kelahmet
Sexual Harassment
It is unlawful to harass a person (an applicant or employee) because of that person’s sex. Harassment can include “sexual harassment” or unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature.
Harassment does not have to be of a sexual nature, however, and can include offensive remarks about a person’s sex. For example, it is illegal to harass a woman by making offensive comments about women in general.
Both victim and the harasser can be either a woman or a man, and the victim and harasser can be the same sex.
Although the law doesn’t prohibit simple teasing, offhand comments, or isolated incidents that are not very serious, harassment is illegal when it is so frequent or severe that it creates a hostile or offensive work environment or when it results in an adverse employment decision (such as the victim being fired or demoted).
The harasser can be the victim's supervisor, a supervisor in another area, a co-worker, or someone who is not an employee of the employer, such as a client or customer.
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What is sexual harassment in the workplace? Some examples of behaviors that can constitute workplace harassment? What are examples of non-verbal and online / digital behavior of sexual harassment in the workplace?
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What is Workplace Harassment?
Harassment is any unwelcome verbal or physical conduct based on protected bases (race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, retaliation, and sexual orientation) when:
The conduct culminates in a tangible employment action, or
The conduct was sufficiently severe or pervasive to create a hostile work environment.
How to Determine Harassment Exists?
To determine whether the harassment exists:
Evaluate frequency and severity of misconduct
Apply reasonable person standard
Would a reasonable person find the behavior hostile, intimidating or abusive?
Tangible effect on job not necessary
Psychological harm not necessary
What is Sexual Harassment?
EEOC defines sexual harassment as:
Unwelcome sexual advances
Requests for sexual favors
Other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature
Two most common forms of sexual harassment are:
Quid pro quo harassment
Hostile work environment harassment
Who Can Be Involved in Harassment?
Those who commit, employees at all levels:
Manager
Co-worker
Customers
Vendors
Members of opposite sex, members of same sex, etc.
Those who are targeted:
Victims
Bystanders
Witnesses who are affected by the harassment
How to Prevent and Respond to Harassment?
Review and understand company harassment policy
Comply with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits harassment and discrimination
Know how and when to respond to harassment issues
Report harassment immediately
In recent years, allegations of sexual abuse and harassment have increased in all activities involving young participants. Unfortunately, all organizations are vulnerable to abuse, and it can and does occur in even the most seemingly positive settings. In fact, the opportunity to work with youth may attract potential abusers to leak in highly reputable organizations. Rotary International takes youth protection very seriously. In this workshop we will discuss the definitions, signs, and prevention of abuse and harassment. Facilitator: Serdar Kelahmet
School Bullying: toward Better Mitigation and ResponseJason Atherton
Presentation on school bullying as part of the Strategies to Mitigate and Respond to Bullying seminar at Intertel Academy on November 11 2016. https://www.intertel.co.za
FSU anti bullying handbook (FSU = Financial Sector Union)Flint Wilkes
This handbook has been developed to help FSU members identify and address workplace bullying. Your workplace should have a workplace bullying and harassment policy, and this handbook provides general advice to complement your specific workplace policy.
QUT - The Australian School of Philanthropy and Non Profit Studies
Implications of this case
Good workplace health and safety measures are essential in any work context. The avoidance of claims in negligence involving psychiatric injury should be dealt with in the first instance by having sound workplace policies and documentation in place, as well as counselling for employees who need it. These should be clearly communicated to employees. However, as Keane JA said in Hegarty v Queensland Ambulance Service (at [47]):
...the law’s insistence that an employer must take reasonable care for the safety of employees at work does not extend to absolute and unremitting solicitude for an employee’s mental health even in the most stressful of occupations. A statement of what reasonable care involves in a particular situation which does not recognise these considerations is a travesty of that standard.
QUT - The Australian School of Philanthropy and Non Profit Studies
Implications of this case
This case, where a small nonprofit enterprise was subject to substantial damages, demonstrates that nonprofits need to have appropriate policies in place for dealing with workplace behaviour. In addition, they need to act promptly and effectively when complaints are received so that liability does not arise. As His Honour said (at [187]):
The opinion evidence from the psychologists emphasised the importance of early intervention to avoid or limit the damage and injury that flowed from sustained workplace stress and its resultant impact on the plaintiff. I accept that evidence. [emphasis added]
QUT - The Australian School of Philanthropy and Non Profit Studies
Implications of this case
This case again illustrates that it is not enough for a nonprofit organisation to have policies about bullying (or indeed any other workplace issue) ‘in place’. Such policies must be implemented actively. The College submitted that nothing it could or should have done would have prevented the bullying of the appellant from continuing as it allegedly did. Moreover, there was an attempt in the College’s submissions, at least in part, to blame the appellant. These submissions were rejected at [70]:
It was no answer to the College's otherwise inadequate efforts that it was pursuing what can only be characterised as a fairly passive approach on the basis that to do otherwise would cause resentment amongst the perpetrators and cause them to increase their bullying activities rather than abandon them.
Expert evidence, which was not challenged on appeal, was to the effect that bullying needed to be ‘nipped in the bud’ at an early stage by effective measures. The College had comprehensively failed to do that in this case.
QUT - The Australian School of Philanthropy and Non Profit Studies
Implications of this case
While recognising the difficulties involved, this case shows the importance of addressing bullying at school in order to meet the duty of care to prevent harm to students. But it is also a reminder of the importance of addressing bullying effectively wherever it occurs. The College’s policies may in fact have been adequate to prevent bullying and to deal with misbehaviour before it escalated to bullying, but inadequate training and implementation meant the policies were not effective to prevent foreseeable harm. The year coordinator who had primary responsibility in this case appeared reluctant to see repeated offensive behaviours as bullying, and more concerned to avoid bullying the bully than to correct the behaviours complained of.
While the Court accepted the need for flexibility and discretion to deal with instances of misbehaviour, Her Honour said: ‘Discretion, a very necessary part of any teacher’s role, cannot operate to the point where misbehaviour, including bullying is dealt with inconsistently, or worse arbitrarily or not at all’. While there are obvious challenges in meeting the duty of care in educating a large group of adolescents, the Court said ‘This is not a case where an unrealistic standard of impractical perfection was being demanded of the College, but rather one where practical operation of the policies it had designed to protect its students ... against the risk of injury to which ongoing bullying exposed her, were not effectively implemented.’
QUT - The Australian School of Philanthropy and Non Profit Studies
Implications of this case
The main point of this case was to determine whether PSS, as a nonprofit incorporated association, fell within the provisions of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) as to bullying: see Part 6-4B. It did not, since it was not a constitutionally covered business within the meaning of section 789FD of the Act. To fit within the section, it would have to have been a constitutional corporation (see section 789FD (3)(a)(i)) within the meaning of section 51(xx) of the Australian Constitution, and only a trading corporation could have been applicable. However, this case found that the PSS was not a trading corporation, because it essentially provided services to clients for free, under a government subsidy – it did not operate on a fee for service basis. The Act did not apply. The Commission said that, as a result, the bullying issue would have to be dealt with ‘in the context of the party’s ongoing employment relationship’ (at [61]).
QUT - The Australian School of Philanthropy and Non Profit Studies
Implications of this case
The bullying provisions of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) do not apply to volunteers in voluntary organisations engaged in community purposes. The Commissioner noted clause 26 of the Explanatory Memorandum to the Fair Work Act that stated:
26. The term ‘community purposes’ is not defined in the Bill [now the Act] but is intended to cover purposes including:
philanthropic or benevolent purposes, including the promotion of art, culture, science, religion, education, medicine or charity, and
sporting or recreational purposes, including the benefiting of sporting or recreational clubs or associations.
QUT - The Australian School of Philanthropy and Non Profit Studies
Implications of this case
This decision from Norway has implications for all aid organisations, particularly in the light of the recent refugee influx into Europe. This case is persuasive law, though not binding, throughout Europe. In the US context, such a case could generate damages in the millions of dollars as the same principle would apply that aid organisations are just ordinary employers with all the obligations that apply thereby. The point is untested in Australia. Aid organisations should take from this case the increased need for good intelligence on the ground, sound personnel policies, good safety and security training for staff members, the use of experienced security and personal protection advisers, and the need to open current operations to outside scrutiny. The Oslo court pointedly criticised the NRC on all these issues.
QUT - The Australian School of Philanthropy and Non Profit Studies
Implications of this case
This case reinforces the point that the courts will not countenance bullying and harassment of employees. The chairman’s persistent abusive behaviour towards the plaintiff combined with the Club’s lack of support for its employee combined to enable the court to find a serious case of bullying. As an employer, the Club has a duty of care to provide a safe place of employment and a safe system of work. It breached that duty by allowing the bullying to happen and to continue. The case once again highlights the need for organisations to understand their duty of care towards employees and ensure they have comprehensive HR policies and practices in place. It also highlights the need to have an early and effective complaint and intervention process in place, especially where an employee feels they are being bullied, intimidated or harassed.
Adamson and anangu pitjantjatjara yankunytjatjara inc fwc decisionFlint Wilkes
QUT Business School - The Australian Centre of Philanthropy and Non Profit Studies
Implications of this case
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FACT SHEET - Bullying
1. What this fact sheet is about
This fact sheet is about how bullying is covered by
anti-discrimination and workplace legislation in
Queensland.
The Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland deals
with complaints made under the Anti-Discrimination Act
1991 (Qld).
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland deals with
workplace bullying complaints made under the Work
Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld).
The Fair Work Commission deals with applications for
orders to stop workplace bullying under the Fair Work
Act 2009 (Cth).
Bullying behaviours
Bullying behaviour is not just one type of behaviour.
It can involve abuse, violence, intimidation, ridicule,
humiliation and making unreasonable demands. But
it can also be less obvious and aimed at isolating a
person from their colleagues, peers or friends.
As well as face-to-face encounters, bullying can
happen through the use of social media sites, email
and texting.
Violent and threatening behaviour
If bullying is violent, threatening or involves stalking,
it may be a criminal offence and you should contact
the police.
Who can be a bully
Bullying is often done by a person who has power or
influence over another person, but can be done by:
co-workers or groups of co-workers;
managers or employers;
clients and customers;
students;
teachers;
‘friends’.
Bullying happens in daily life, at work, school, or in
social situations.
When bullying is discrimination
The word bullying is not used in anti-discrimination
legislation.
Bullying
However, a complaint of discrimination may
be made to the Anti-Discrimination Commission
Queensland if bullying behaviour happens to
a person because of their:
sex;
relationship status;
pregnancy, breastfeeding, parental status
or family responsibility;
age;
race;
impairment;
religious belief or religious activity;
political belief or activity;
trade union activity;
lawful sexual activity as a sex worker;
gender identify;
sexuality;
association with, or relation to, a person
identified on the basis of any of the above
attributes.
while
at work;
at school or studying;
getting accommodation;
getting services and making purchases;
dealing with state or local government officials
or representatives.
FACT SHEET
2. Examples of bullying covered by the Anti-Discrimination Act
Bullying - Page 2
Behaviour Example Attribute
Abusing or yelling at a person
(usually when others are
present)
A male manager regularly abused a
woman worker in terms such as ‘dumb
bitch, useless female, stupid cow…’
Sex
Humiliating a person through
gestures, sarcasm, criticism
and insults, often in front of
others
A teacher mimicked a student’s stutter in
front of the whole class.
Impairment
Undermining a person’s
achievements continually
A gay man was not liked by his ‘straight’
boss who always found fault with his
work and ridiculed him in front of
colleagues, but praised even sloppy
work by others. He knew that the boss
called him ‘that faggot’ behind his back.
Sexuality
Making hurtful remarks or
verbal attacks, making fun of a
person’s work, or the person
themselves (e.g. their race or
culture, impairment, sex,
sexuality)
An Aboriginal worker was called ‘ape
man’ as a nick name by workers, and
they made monkey gestures and noises.
The supervisor just laughed and did
nothing to stop it.
Race
Making a person perform
meaningless or unreasonable
tasks or setting unachievable
targets
A worker with a mobility impairment was
given all the boring and menial work and
no account was taken of her skills and
education. She was continually told that
she should be grateful because not
many places would take on a
‘handicapped’ person.
Impairment
Sabotaging a person’s work,
deliberately withholding or
giving incorrect information,
hiding documents or
equipment, not passing on
messages, getting a person
into trouble in other ways;
The supervisor of an older worker with
more than 20 years’ service deliberately
excluded him from receiving information
on IT training and skill development. He
put pressure on the worker to resign,
constantly saying that he doesn’t pick
things up quickly and maybe he’s ‘past
his use by date’ and ‘time to give a
young bloke a go’.
Age (older worker)
Making repeated threats to
dismiss a person for no good
reason
A supervisor made the comment ‘I hate
Vietnamese’ and told employees not to
speak Vietnamese at work, followed by
‘Anyone who speaks Vietnamese, get
out’. Later a Vietnamese woman who
was in all respects a good worker, had
her employment terminated.
Race
Hurting a person physically,
pushing, shoving, tripping
A teacher told a Sikh student on a
number of occasions to ‘just ignore it;
brush it off’ when he reported that other
students regularly punch him, knock him
over, call him ‘towel head’ and throw his
lunch in the bin.
Religion
3. Examples of bullying covered by the Anti-Discrimination Act continued
Bullying - Page 3
Behaviour Example Attribute
Subjecting a person to initiation
ceremonies , making a person
do humiliating or inappropriate
things to be accepted as part of
a group
A 16 year old apprentice was stripped
naked and hosed with a fire hose while
everyone else looked on and laughed.
Age (young worker)
Sexual harassment
Criticising about petty, irrelevant
or insignificant matters
A pregnant woman’s work was contin-
ually criticised once her pregnancy
became known, when she previously
got lots of praise. It was suggested that
she should give up work ‘for the sake
of the baby’.
Pregnancy
Excluding or isolating a person
from activities or an online group
An office worker who recently immigrat-
ed from Sri Lanka was always asked to
stay behind to look after the office over
lunch, and when there were work
functions. Her co-worker said things
like ‘you wouldn’t like it anyway… you
wouldn’t fit in.’
Race
Getting back at a person to
punish them for a personal
affront
A woman refused the repeated sexual
advances of her manager, who then
became vindictive and suggested to
senior staff that she was a ‘dud’ and
should be sacked.
Sexual harassment
Spreading gossip, false or
malicious rumours about a
person with intent to cause
harm
A man spent time in a psychiatric ward
some years ago but is now well. This
became known to other workers who
call him ‘Psycho’ amongst themselves
and now say they are afraid to work
alone with him.
Impairment
A teenage girl had a falling out with a
friend. The friend photo-shopped a pic-
ture of her to look like a sex worker and
posted it to Instagram with the com-
ment ‘just a fat slut’. Others joined in
with posts like ‘yeah who hasn’t she
slept with?’.
Sexual harassmentPosting photos or videos using
social media to embarrass or hurt
a person
A student who was born a boy but
identifies as a girl and wears a girl’s
school uniform was the subject of a
hateful Facebook page ridiculing the
student and asking others to like the
page.
Gender identity
4. When bullying is sexual harassment
Sometimes bullying can be sexual harassment.
Sexual harassment happens if a person:
subjects another person to an unsolicited act of
physical intimacy; or
makes an unsolicited demand or request (whether
directly or by implication) for sexual favours from
the other person; or
makes a remark with sexual connotations relating
to the other person; or
engages in any other unwelcome conduct of a
sexual nature in relation to the other person.
You can make a complaint of sexual harassment to the
Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland.
Examples where bullying is sexual harassment
Two young female students rent a house, and the
landlord collects the rent in person each week. When
he comes round to the house he leers at the girls, asks
if they are ‘getting enough’ and talks about his own sex
life. He says that his wife is a ‘slag’ and that he’d like to
get ‘a bit of young stuff’. He often threatens to increase
the rent, but says he’ll forget about that if they ‘show
him a good time’.
A young man broke up with his girlfriend. Using her
social media networks, the former girlfriend then sent
out embarrassing nude photos of him along with
private, sexually explicit text messages he had sent to
her when they were together.
Victimisation
If you complain about bullying behaviour that is
discrimination or sexual harassment, and because of
that you are treated badly, it is victimisation.
This type of victimisation is unlawful and you can make
a complaint to the Anti-Discrimination Commission
Queensland.
When bullying is vilification
Sometimes public bullying can be vilification.
Vilification is a public act or statement capable
of inciting others to hate or ridicule a person
or their group because of their:
race;
religion;
gender identity or;
sexuality.
Bullying - Page 4
Example where bullying is vilification
A transgender woman heard yelling outside her
unit late at night. She looked out and recognised
a neighbour in the street with a group of drunk
friends. They wrenched palings off her fence,
yelled obscenities in the direction of her unit (‘You
f***ing faggot; you have your f***ing dick in a jar’)
and threatened to burn her house down (‘Has
anyone got a box of matches so we can burn the
f***ing faggot’s place down?’)
Bullying at work
If the reason for bullying at work is because of
your race, sexuality, age, impairment or other
attribute as outlined above, you can make a
complaint to the Anti-Discrimination Commission
Queensland.
If the reason for the bullying at work is not because
of any of these attributes, and is not sexual
harassment or vilification, you may be able to make
a complaint to Workplace Health and Safety
Queensland, or apply to the Fair Work Commission
to stop the bullying.
Bullying under the Qld Workplace Health
and Safety Act
Under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011,
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland can deal
with bullying (workplace harassment) where a person
is at risk of injury or illness from bullying behaviour
that:
is repeated, unwelcome and unsolicited;
the person considers to be offensive,
intimidating, humiliating or threatening;
a reasonable person would consider to be
offensive, humiliating, intimidating or
threatening;
is not unlawful discrimination sexual harassment
or vilification.
However, if you want to make a complaint to Work-
place Health and Safety Queensland, you must first
raise the issue in the workplace and try to resolve it
there.
5. Orders to stop bullying under the federal
Fair Work Act
The Fair Work Commission has the power to make an
order to stop bullying which is ongoing in the workplace
if there is a risk that the worker will continue to be
bullied.
A person being bullied can make an application to the
Fair Work Commission to stop the bullying, and the Fair
Work Commission must start to deal with the
application within 14 days after it is made.
The Fair Work Commission can order the bullying to
stop where repeated unreasonable behaviour towards
a worker creates a risk to the health and safety of the
worker, but cannot order compensation or deal with the
matter if the worker is no longer employed at the
workplace where the bullying occurred.
These three elements must be present:
repeated behaviour;
unreasonable behaviour;
risk to health and safety.
This option is available to most employees contractors
and labour hire personnel, but does not apply to
Queensland public sector employees or members of
the Defence Force.
Reasonable management action
Under the Anti-Discrimination Act, the Work Health and
Safety Act and the Fair Work Act, reasonable
management action taken in a reasonable way is not
bullying.
Reasonable management action can include:
setting reasonable performance goals, standards
and deadlines;
informing a worker of their unsatisfactory work
performance;
deciding not to select a worker for promotion where
a reasonable process was followed;
informing a worker of their inappropriate behaviour
in an objective and confidential way;
rostering and allocating working hours where the
requirements are reasonable;
transferring a worker for operational reasons;
implementing organisational changes or
restructuring;
taking disciplinary action including suspension or
termination of employment when warranted.
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Preventing bullying
Employers and education authorities have a duty
to provide a safe environment for workers and
students. Businesses that provide goods and
services should do so without discrimination,
sexual harassment or vilification.
The key elements of an effective anti-bullying policy
are:
identifying the types of behaviour that constitute
bullying;
making a clear statement that bullying is not
acceptable and will not be tolerated;
providing a transparent process for complaining
about bullying and dealing with bullying
complaints;
conducting training and awareness-raising.
The aim is to develop a culture in which people
feel safe to report bullying if they experience it or
witness it.
Campaigns which promote a culture of anti-bullying
such as ‘Bullying No Way’ and ‘Racism it stops with
me’ raise awareness of the harm done by bullying
and encourage bystanders to be part of the solution.
Effective performance management
An effective staff performance management process
helps managers to behave appropriately and reduce
the risk of a bullying complaint.
Performance management should be based on
agreement and a shared understanding between
managers and their staff of the outcomes to be
achieved. Targets set should be realistic and
regularly reviewed.
Getting help to deal with bullying
If bullying, harassment, discrimination or violence
happens:
at school
Report the behaviour to a person who can help,
such as a parent or guardian, teacher, school
counsellor or other trusted person.
at work
Seek help to deal with the situation. Speak with
your manager, contact an equity contact officer,
workplace health and safety officer, human re-
sources personnel, industrial or union representa-
tive.
Use employee assistance schemes when availa-
ble, and get professional attention from a doctor
or other health professional if needed.
6. Where to make a complaint
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Event Complain to Outcomes
Bullying because of:
an attribute such as race,
age, sexuality etc; or
sexual harassment; or
vilification.
Anti-Discrimination Commission
Queensland
Phone 1300 130 670
TTY 1300 130 680
www.adcq.qld.gov.au
Agreement through
conciliation - with or
without compensation.
If not resolved through
conciliation, may refer to
Qld Civil & Administrative
Tribunal for determination.
Bullying at work:
other than unlawful
discrimination, sexual
harassment or vilification;
and
have tried to resolve it in the
workplace
risk of injury or illness.
Workplace Health and Safety
Queensland
Phone 1300 369 915
http://www.deir.qld.gov.au/
workplace/index.htm
Inspector assigned to
investigate and:
request evidence that
the risk of injury or
illness from bullying is
being managed;
assess the risk and
review the controls in
the workplace;
use compliance and
enforcement including
advice, directions,
improvement and
infringement notices.
No mediation or compen-
sation.
Bullying at work where there
is a:
risk the bullying will
continue.
Fair Work Commission
Phone 1300 799 675
https://beta.fwc.gov.au/
Conference or formal
hearing.
Order to stop the bullying.
No compensation.
Focus on enabling
working relationships to
resume.
Contact the Anti-Discrimination Commission
Queensland
Phone 1300 130 670 | TTY 1300 130 680
www.adcq.qld.gov.au
info@adcq.qld.gov.au
Version: 12 June 2014