By Kenneth Westhues, TimesOnline
It was only a matter of time before accusations of bullying would surface from Number 10 Downing Street, targeting even the Prime Minister. Buckingham Palace may be next. Over the past two decades, articles about bullying in The Times have leapt from about 200 to about 1300 per year. The increase is [...]

By Linda Alker, Reuters UK
Workplace bullying is identified as one of the greatest sources of stress that you can put upon your employees, although organisations and managers are often slow to react to cases of bullying because bullying is not always accepted as a credible label for the kind of abuse that employees face in [...]

By Rajini Vaidyanathan, BBC News Magazine
Everybody has been in an office where tempers were lost and swearing occurred on an occasional basis. But what distinguishes the acceptable boisterousness that characterises some workplaces with downright bullying?
Shouting, screaming, swearing, ignoring or behaviour designed to embarrass.
Has your boss done any of the above to you, and [...]

from Daily Commercial News
The Infrastructure Health and Safety Association will be holding a seminar March 4 to explain new amendments to the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act concerning violence and harassment in the workplace.
Ontario employers with more than five employers have until June 15 to comply with new regulations.
The March 4 seminar [...]

By Don Fraser, The Standard
For Fred Reynolds, it’s a given that employees must be sheltered from workplace violence and harassment.
So complying with new rules that mandate it under the provincial Occupational Health and Safety Act should be a cinch.
“For us, it won’t be a problem,” said Reynolds, co-owner of McNamara and Reynolds Ltd., [...]

By Cathy Chandler, Gowlings.com

Cathy Chandler is an OHS Consultant and Paralegal at Gowling Lafleur Henderson in Toronto and give seminars on Bill 168. More info.

from BrisbaneTimes.com.au
Harassment is unwelcome conduct that humiliates, offends or intimidates people.
Under Australian anti-discrimination law an employer, regardless of size, may be legally responsible for discrimination and harassment which occurs in the workplace. Employers must actively implement precautionary measures to minimise the risk of discrimination and harassment occurring.
Bullying is another form of workplace harassment that many [...]

By Tali Arbel, Post-Bulletin
The recession is creating a “blank check” for office bullies, said one employee advocate.
The downturn’s layoffs might make a bad situation worse for victims, said Gary Namie, director of the Workplace Bullying Institute, an advocacy group.
Namie is the author of the “The Bully at Work.” It was originally published in [...]

By Rachel Sa, The Toronto Sun
Few people look forward to going to work on a Monday morning. Some lay in bed on a Sunday night absolutely dreading it.
I have. And I am not alone. Anyone who has been a victim of workplace bullying feels this dread and, perhaps, even worse.
It does not have [...]