There are a range of simple steps employers can take to help stop workplace bullying before it starts, writes David Bates In September 2006, 19-year-old café worker, Brodie Panlock, ended her life after enduring more than a year of relentless bullying by her co-workers. More than ten years later, workplace […]
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How to spot and weed out corporate psychopaths
Corporate psychopaths are more prevalent than many would expect, and HR can take a number of definitive steps to reduce both the impact of corporate psychopaths and the likelihood of bringing them into an organisation, according to CEB. Corporate psychopaths tend to be concentrated in sectors and companies with high […]
How to defuse workplace bullying through mediation
Workplace mediation has received increased attention recently as a successful method to resolve conflict in the workplace and as a preferred option to tribunals and litigation, writes Saranne Segal Workplace bullying has recently been a hot topic due to the amendments to the Fair Work Act made in January 2014,which […]
Workplace bullying: a new right for an age-old problem
A shift in the management of workplace bullying complaints will take effect soon, and employers need to prepare now, writes Gordon Williams From January 1, 2014, workers will have an important new right to seek orders from the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to stop workplace bullying. While many welcome the […]