Category Archive: Workplace Bullying

May 21 2013

How to spot chronic workplace bullies

“Chronic” workplace bullies are dangerous and almost impossible to change, but you can learn how to spot one, according to Hadyn Olsen, a workplace bullying expert. The situational workplace bully Hadyn Olsen says ‘situational bullies” are people who at times use bullying patterns of behaviour such as shouting, verbal abuse, intimidation and aggression. However, most …

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May 20 2013

What can be done about workplace bullying?

By Ben Axelson A new study from the University at Buffalo School of Management shows that workplace bullies may have high social skills that they use to strategically abuse their co-workers while still receiving positive evaluations from their supervisors. According to the authors of the study, this is the first attempt to measure a relationship …

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May 17 2013

Why bullies thrive at work

By Kevin Manne Despite resistance to bullying from both employers and employees, many workplace bullies achieve high levels of career success, according to a new study from the University at Buffalo School of Management. Published in the Journal of Managerial Psychology, the study found that some workplace bullies have high social skill that they use …

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May 15 2013

How To Take A Stand Against Workplace Bullying

By Bonnie Low-Kramen This is a true story: An assistant accidentally dropped a file of papers on the floor at a staff meeting. Her manager exploded into a tirade of profanity and called her “stupid” in front of her horrified colleagues. The manager did not apologize then or in the days that followed. Within a …

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May 10 2013

Angry Confrontation of Employee by a Manager Could be Safety Issue: OLRB

By Adrian Miedema In what appears to be a departure from a growing line of cases, the Ontario Labour Relations Board has permitted an employee to advance her claim that the employer violated the Occupational Health and Safety Act when it fired her after a manager allegedly confronted her in an angry manner. The employee, …

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May 08 2013

It’s Here: Workplace Bullying is now Real and Serious

By Kathleen Bartle A recent article in Dateline Australia announced new standards in workplace bullying policy for which workplaces in Australia will be held accountable: “On April 24, 2013 WorkSafeBC announced that its Board of Directors has approved three new occupational health and safety workplace bullying and harassment policies.” What Does That Mean? Well, I …

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May 07 2013

AU: New Workplace Bullying Laws and Recoveries under s151Z

By Rachael Sutton Laws concerning bullying in the workplace proposed to commence on 1 July 2013, which were introduced to Federal Parliament last month, are yet to be finalised, and a number of issues are still to be addressed in amendments to the bill. At present, there is a lack of detail in the proposed …

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