By Julie Ireton, CBC News Some public servants say bullies in the schoolyard have nothing on some executives inside the bureaucracy. Victims of harassment tell CBC News that bullying, intimidation and harassment is a problem inside some public service departments, especially at the higher levels.
Tag Archive: Workplace mobbing
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Feb
25
2010
The science of bullying
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 …
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Nov
05
2009
Labour Pains – Part 2: Bullying And Discrimination At Work
By Michael Olmer, Round Town News If your employer is doing well but not treating its entire staff equally this could classed be as bullying or ‘mobbing’ as it is known in Spain, or in England technically as ‘constructive dismissal’. The aim is to drive you into a position where you are forced to resign …
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Oct
27
2009
Victims of mobbing show behavioral and social inhibition; less skilled to face environmental challenges
from The Medical News A study by Naples investigators published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics reports on what happens in the axis which controls the secretion of cortisol in victims of mobbing. Mobbing (bullying at the workplace) is a severe form of work related psychological distress resulting from repeated hostile communications or …
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Oct
21
2009
Macedonia: Workplace Mobbing – EU Integration Pushes Labor Law to the Surface
By Natasha Dokovska, The Wip “I have 15 years seniority over the human resources officer and the highest level of education. Eight years ago, I was the head of the department, but in the last two years I have been [systematically] demoted. Now I drink daily, take 10 pills, and have been referred to the …
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