Bullying

Any environment high in stress and tension is going to impart that stress onto the people in that environment. They then tend to take that stress out on other people and so on and so forth until the end of time. Schools are just like that.…

At some point in all of our lives we’re likely to have to deal with a workplace bully. Often the bully isn’t even your boss but simply a colleague who has a pushy attitude and likes to make demands of everyone else. Perhaps the situations…

The relatively new phenomenon of cyber bullying is often considered only a problem for children and teenagers. However, adults who use social media admit they too are finding themselves on the receiving end of aggressive behaviour. A…

Situations at work that can turn violent can be hard to predict, but research has been done to show that some of us may be more affected by it than others. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has highlighted those kinds of…

Bullying can haunt you for your whole life. It's the sort of thing which can stunt your emotional growth and ruin entire years at a time, leaving you hurt and afraid when you should be confident and self assured. The issue with knocks to…

When you see someone is being bullied in the workplace, you can be concerned for their wellbeing. However, a recent study has found that, as a witness, workplace bullying can take its toll on your wellness too. The Finnish study, which was…

You might think that you were safe from bullying when you left high school, but in truth bullying can happen anywhere, and can extend beyond your average Chinese burn. Bullying involves hurtful acts or comments that damage your emotional or…

As someone who’s no longer in high school, you may think cyber bullying won’t affect your wellbeing. However, this dark side of technology poses a threat to corporate wellness, infiltrating workplaces at an alarming rate. According to…

There are a lot of things that get in the way of your corporate wellness – deadlines, work-life balance and nagging colleagues to name but a few. However, one thing that really takes its toll on wellbeing is workplace bullying; potentially…

A new national report on workplace bullying in Australia has been hailed by some as a tremendous breakthrough to improve corporate wellness, but it has also been hailed by some critics as ‘ridiculous’. There are fears amongst certain…

Following on from National Bullying Week, it is pleasing to learn that Australia has endorsed a common national definition for bullying. It has been cited as behaviour which is repeated, puts someone’s health at safety at risk or is…

Bullying has been defined as ‘repeated mistreatment: sabotage by others that prevented work from getting done, verbal abuse, threatening conduct, intimidation and humiliation’ by the Workplace Bullying Institute (WBI). It is one of the…

Bill Shorten, Australia’s Workplace Relations minister has taken a strong stance against the workplace bullying which so severely impinges on corporate wellness, claiming that the country should take a zero tolerance approach to the issue.…