Case study: Preventing bullying at Brent Council

Brent Council has developed an informal procedure for dealing with bullying and harassment that gives employees access to a confidential advisory service.

  • Bullying and harassment at work   Kate Godwin of Equal Opportunities Review reports.

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    Tackling workplace bullying   Gillian Howard of Howard & Howard Solicitors advises employers to have a clear anti-bullying policy in place to make it clear that bullying is unacceptable.

    Legal Q&A: Bullying and harassment   Writing in Personnel Today, Sarah-Marie Williams of Clyde & Co answers frequently asked questions on dealing with workplace bullying and harassment, including the issue of vicarious liability.

    Best behaviour: tackling bullying and harassment   IRS Employment Review discusses how to tackle workplace bullying and harassment and profiles Royal Mail Group's successful response to an endemic bullying culture.

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

    Dignity at work policy, Policy on investigating claims of bullying and harassment, Policy on dealing with harassment complaints   From HR & Compliance Centre's model policies and documents service.