LETS CONTINUE FROM EALIER THIS WEEK ON HOW TO HANDLE BEING BULLYIED AT WORK…
I’m Genovieve Relationship Solution Therapist, offering tips, for you to tap into your own intution on how best you can handle these issue’s at work.
If you feel that you are being bullied, discriminated against, victimized or subjected to any form of harassment:
DO
- FIRMLY tell the person that his or her behaviour is not acceptable and ask them to stop. You can ask a supervisor or union member to be with you when you approach the person.
- KEEP a factual journal or diary of daily events. Record:
- The date, time and what happened in as much detail as possible
- The names of witnesses.
- The outcome of the event.
Remember, it is not just the character of the incidents, but the number, frequency, and especially the pattern that can reveal the bullying or harassment.
- KEEP copies of any letters, memos, e-mails, faxes, etc., received from the person.
- LOG and DOCUEMENT the harassment to the person identified in your workplace policy, your supervisor, or a delegated manager. If your concerns are minimized, proceed to the next level of management.
DO NOT
- DO NOT REACT. You may end up looking like the perpetrator and will most certainly cause confusion for those responsible for evaluating and responding to the situation.
What can an employer do?
The most important component of any workplace prevention program is management commitment. Management commitment is best communicated in a written policy. Since bullying is a form of violence in the workplace, employers may wish to write a comprehensive policy that covers a range of incidents (from bullying and harassment to physical violence).
A workplace violence prevention program must:
- be developed by management and employee representatives.
- apply to management, employee’s, clients, independent contractors and anyone who has a relationship with your company.
- define what you mean by workplace bullying (or harassment or violence) in precise, concrete language.
- provide clear examples of unacceptable behaviour and working conditions.
- state in clear terms your organization’s view toward workplace bullying and its commitment to the prevention of workplace bullying.
- precisely state the consequences of making threats or committing acts.
- outline the process by which preventive measures will be developed.
- encourage reporting of all incidents of bullying or other forms of workplace violence.
- outline the confidential process by which employees can report incidents and to whom.
- assure no reprisals will be made against reporting employees.
- outline the procedures for investigating and resolving complaints.
- describe how information about potential risks of bullying/violence will be communicated to employees.
- make a commitment to provide support services to victims.
- offer a confidential Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to allow employees with personal problems to seek help.
- make a promise to fulfil the prevention training needs of different levels of personnel within the organization.
- make a promise to monitor and frequently review the policy.
- state applicable regulatory requirements, where likely.
What are some useful tips for eliminating or dealing the workplace bullying?
DO
- ENCOURAGE everyone at the workplace to act towards others in a respectful and professional manner.
- HAVE a workplace policy in place that includes a reporting system.
- EDUCATE everyone that bullying is a serious matter.
- TRY TO WORK OUT solutions before the situation gets serious or “out of control”.
- EDUCATE everyone about what is considered bullying, and whom they can go to for help.
- TREAT all complaints sincerely, and deal with complaints promptly and confidentially.
- TRAIN supervisors and managers in how to deal with complaints and potential situations. give confidence them to address situations promptly whether or not a formal complaint has been filed.
- HAVE an impartial third party help with the resolution, if necessary.
DO NOT
- DO NOT IGNORE any possible problems.
- DO NOT DELAY resolution. Act as soon as possible.
So If at this point your still unsure what you would like to do or how to best handle the situation, I would like to invite you to a Free Chat with me just Click here…. where we can discuss ways of preventing the Issue’s from continuing.
