Workplace Bullying Legislation - A Global Perspective.
From the Project Management and Workplace Respect Blog
by Paul Pelletier
This blog is dedicated to raising awareness about workplace respect in relation to project management. Workplace disrespect is a worldwide problem that is exceedingly damaging to projects and business. Incivility negatively impacts project success and results in financial, human resources, productivity, risk management, and legal costs.
There are many things PMs and organizations can do to prevent and address workplace disrespect. This blog aims to help guide the way.
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Did you know that many countries have made workplace bullying illegal, recognizing it as a workplace safety hazard for employees? If you live and work in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, many of the European Union member states, and most of Canada workers are protected by laws against workplace bullying. Further, as of September 2015, 29 states and 2 territories of the United States have introduced the Healthy Workplace Bill into their legislatures.
The impact of making workplace bullying a legal issue, rather than just an internal issue to be handled from within an organization is profound.
The world is taking action - how is your organization responding?
Posted on: September 20, 2015 02:16 PM |
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Manas De Amin
Director| Computer Technology Group Kolkata
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Very interestingly, I have seen people from United Kingdom to bully their international colleagues
This obviously tells us to point our focus on why people bully others. Very recently I have read a scientific article on it. Scientists and Biologists say that, most likely it is hardwired, genetic.
Paul Pelletier
Project management key note speaker, author, corporate lawyer, and executive| Paul Pelletier Consulting
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
I appreciate both your comments. While legislation is a huge step forward, that doesn't mean that the problem is eliminated - far from it. Organizations ultimately are going to have to step up and take action to improve their workplace policies, complaint processes, conflict resolution strategies and create a deeply rooted commitment to zero-tolerance for bullying.
Manas De Amin
Director| Computer Technology Group Kolkata
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Yes.
Organizations need to be aware of the negative effects of bad environment. One sure way is to measure it in monetary terms. If the hidden costs can be calculated, they may take action.
Paul Pelletier
Project management key note speaker, author, corporate lawyer, and executive| Paul Pelletier Consulting
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
That is often how you get management's ear - put the argument in an ROI format and make it a conversation about the opportunity cost of doing nothing. Once management appreciates that the short term results have much more costly long term impacts that are measurable, their attitude often shifts.
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