Tag Archive: Workplace harassment legislation

May 18 2012

GA: What the Law Says about Workplace Bullying

By Robin Folsom Professional sabotage, insults, and public humiliation sound like serious situations on the job, but if you work with a bully it’s something you could face everyday. Thursday morning in part four of our series on workplace bullying, Mercer Law Professor Dr. David Oedel explained that some kinds of bullying behavior fall under …

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May 17 2012

Q & A: Put end to harassment, bullying quickly

Q: My problem is one person who keeps picking on me. I’m fairly new and still learning but that’s no reason why every day I should get yelled at, sworn at, made fun of, called an “old fart” or ridiculed for my heritage. Some of my work has even been sabotaged and a few of …

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May 16 2012

Bad bosses beware

By Jessica Lussenhop Joe Henry hated his boss so much, he would’ve preferred his old Army drill sergeant. “A drill sergeant is consistently one way,” he says. “You know you’re going to get yelled at no matter what.” Henry, a barrel-chested man with military posture, joined the Army at age 18 and deployed with one …

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May 16 2012

ON: Harassment in the workplace: limitations on an employer’s responsibilities

By Lyndsay A. Wasser The recent introduction of requirements for policies and procedures relating to harassment and workplace violence in Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (“OHSA”) has increased the regulatory workload on employers. However, a recent decision by the Ontario Labour Relations Board (the “Board”) appears to limit to some extent the scope of …

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