Bullying and harassment

Introduction

Bullying and harassment in a workplace are serious matters.

From 1 October 2005, new regulations make sexual harassment - and harassment on the grounds of sex - explicitly unlawful in employment or vocational training.

Bullying and harassment are unacceptable on moral grounds and may, if allowed to go unchecked or badly handled, create serious problems for your business. Harassment is also against the law and can result in an employment tribunal or other civil claims against the employer and large awards in compensation.

Bullying and harassment can also have a bad effect on your business in other ways including: poor performance, low staff morale and poor employee relations, loss of respect for management, increase in absence, higher staff turnover and damage to your business' reputation.

This guide aims to help employers recognise signs that bullying or harassment is taking place, understand how to deal with it, and prevent it occurring in the first place. You can also find out where to get more information and advice.

Subjects covered in this guide

• Introduction
• What is meant by bullying and harassment?
• The impact of bullying and harassment
• Recognising bullying or harassment
• Prevent bullying and harassment
• Draw up an anti bullying and harassment policy
• Dealing with bullying and harassment claims
• Here's how I developed an anti bullying and harassment policy

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