What is Harassment?
Bullying at work
Harassment is any form of unwanted and unwelcome behaviour from unpleasant remarks to physical violence. There are different forms of harassment.
Bullying at work can take many forms. It may be that the bully excludes you; they might give you unacceptable criticisms, or even overload you with so much work that it’s impossible to complete.
• Sexual harassment – unwanted behaviour linked to your gender or sexual orientation.
• Racial harassment – unwanted behaviour linked to your skin colour, race or cultural background.
This kind of behaviour can make you feel demotivated and depressed over time.
• Sectarian harassment – in countries with sectarian
Often the bully will recognise that you have talent or strength and feel threatened by it. By belittling you they are often trying to make themselves ‘look’ better to management and co-workers.
• Discrimination – when you are treated differently
Cyberbullying
traditions (eg. Ireland) this term is used if the behaviour is linked to your religious beliefs or perceived religious origin.
because of your gender, race or disability.
• Stalking – harassment that comprises of regular following, watching, repeated unwanted contact.
What is the difference between harassment and bullying?? Bullying differs from harassment and assault in that the latter can result from a small number of fairly serious incidents - which everybody recognises as harassment or assault - whereas bullying tends to be an accumulation of many small incidents over a long period of time. Each incident tends to be trivial, and on its own and out of context does not constitute an offence or grounds for disciplinary or grievance action.
What is Bullying?? Many people think of bullying as something that only happens in school during childhood. The truth is bullying can occur anywhere and at any time, bullying can happen in work, online and even in your own home.
What is considered bullying? Bullying is generally defined as repeated behaviour used to hurt someone, either emotionally or physically.
This form of bullying is becoming increasingly common. Cyberbullying refers to any bullying that takes place via your phone or the internet. Some common forms of cyberbullying include: • Social networks • Instant messaging apps • Online gaming • Text messaging and phone calls • Sexting • Hacking into your computer or social networks
If you are being bullied online Unfortunately, cyberbullying is widespread with most young people experiencing it or seeing it first-hand. If you find yourself the victim of online bullying there are steps you can take. First of all, block them and report them to the social network they are using. Social networks are getting much better at discouraging bully behaviour. Most should have a function where you can report and block other users. Next, save any abusive comments you get to use as evidence. You can show these to an adult or even take legal action. For more information and advice take our e-learning course on Cyberbullying elearn.t2group.co.uk/e-learning-courses-for-learners.html