Paul PelletierProject management key note speaker, author, corporate lawyer, and executive| Paul Pelletier Consulting Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
This is a question that I often get asked and, like many legal questions, the critical factor to reply to this question is “it depends”. It depends most on where you live and whether there is anti-workplace bullying legislation in place.
If you live in the European Union, Australia, New Zealand and some parts of Canada workplace bullying is likely illegal and both organizations that permit bullying and the bullies themselves face direct consequences if they are proven to have broken these laws. To date, 29 of the states in America have also passed the Healthy Workplace Bill that will have a dramatic impact on workplace bullying once each bill becomes law. More and more places are moving towards making bullying illegal.
Do you know if your country, province or state has made workplace bullying illegal? What do you think about illegalizing workplace bullying and what impact such laws will have?
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