Best practice on dealing with workplace bullying

To coincide with Ban Bullying at Work Day, we present a selection of links to our extensive resources on dealing with workplace bullying.

  • How to deal with bullying and harassment in the workplace 
    •  Practical guidance from XpertHR's How to service.

  • How to spot the bullies 
    • Dr Sue Henley and Ed Hurst, directors of Saville Consulting UK, offer guidance on recognising bullying behaviours, and on how to create a workplace culture to combat bullying.

  • Psychological harassment in the workplace - part one, part two and part three  
    • IRS journal European Industrial Relations Review looks at measures in place across Europe to tackle bullying.

  • Legal Q&A: How to deal with upward bullying
    •    Guy Guinan of Halliwells LLP offers guidance on how employers should approach the phenomenon of upward bullying or 'mobbing', in which managers are victimised by a number of less senior staff.

  • Time to ban the bullies  Andrea Adams Trust chairman Chris Ball argues that the damage to organisations caused by bullying makes the business case for intervention ever more compelling.

  • Model policies: Dignity at work policy , Policy on investigating claims of bullying and harassment, Policy on dealing with harassment complaints    From XpertHR's model policies and documents service.

  • Ban Bullying at Work Day    Visit the website of the National Ban Bullying at Work campaign, organisers of Ban Bullying at Work Day.

    Also

    Bullying at work should be banned    IRS journal Equal Opportunities Review presents an overview of recent research on dealing with bullying.

    Ban the bullies   Several anti-bullying campaigns and research reports have been launched claiming that the phenomenon has reached unacceptable proportions in British business.

    HR gets upper hand in battle to beat the workplace bullies and HR bullied just as much as anyone else   Personnel Today's Mike Berry reports on the key findings of the new survey on workplace bullying from Personnel Today and the Andrea Adams Trust, based on responses from more than 1,400 HR professionals.

    Fear of confronting bullies is driven from the top    Andrea Adams Trust CEO Lyn Witheridge argues that must understand that recognition and awareness of bullying is an issue everyone needs to address .

    October 1: New definitions of harassment are introduced   The Employment Equality (Sex Discrimination) Regulations 2005 introduce new definitions of sexual and sex-based harassment from 1 October 2005 .

    The festive season: harassment at the office party scenario   Victoria Parry of Osborne Clarke uses a hypothetical case study to demonstrate how employers should deal with a situation where employees have taken the Christmas festivities that bit too far.