Tag Archive: Workplace bullying statistics

Jun 23 2010

AU: Zero tolerance for bullying

By Bridie Byrne, Star News Group Worksafe has inspected only 22 workplaces to thwart bullying in Wyndham over the past four years. Officers followed up just six workplace visits in the last 12 months amid concerns people are too afraid to speak out. A spokeswoman said bullying occurred across a range of industries. “WorkSafe Victoria …

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Jun 21 2010

Workplaces will be safer with Bill 168

By Barb MacQuarrie, Ifpress.com I am returning from the seventh annual International Conference on Workplace Bullying & Harassment as the much anticipated Bill 168 comes into effect. More than 230 researchers and practitioners from 30 countries attended this year’s gathering in Cardiff, Wales. Some critics in Ontario have questioned whether labour law is an appropriate …

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Jun 14 2010

Bullying in workplace on the rise

By Derek Sankey, The Calgary Herald A middle-aged, senior geologist in Calgary with almost 20 years of experience found herself in a tough situation: Every time she produced great results in her former job, she found her managers taking away responsibilities and eventually let her go — right before her stocks vested. The geologist, who …

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Jun 14 2010

Keeping the bullies and brutes at bay

By Wallace Immen, The Globe and Mail What’s unique in Ontario’s new law, known as Bill 168: While several provinces already have laws requiring workplaces to write policies to protect employees against workplace violence or harassment, Ontario’s rules go further, says Janice Rubin, a partner in employment law firm Rubin Thomlinson LLP in Toronto: 1. …

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