Bullying can have a serious impact on a business, leading to stress and loss of productivity of employees, negative workplace culture and greater employee turnover, and legal payouts in excess of a hundred thousand dollars. Learn how to identify bullying behaviour, how to deal with it and, more importantly, how to prevent it.
New Health & Safety laws came into place on April 4, 2016, with significantly higher penalties, including jail time, being one of the main changes. The new law was prompted by the Pike River mining accident, as explained by this article:
Workplace bullying affects one in five workers in New Zealand, and with the increasing recognition that workplace bullying leads to psychological harm and increases the risk of suicide, employers are advised to take this issue seriously.
CultureSafe NZ, in collaboration with Whitfield Braun Ltd, Barristers and Solicitors, offer advice for companies on how to manage the risks around workplace bullying, with an emphasis on prevention. See the brochure here.
“Our primary focus is to prevent problems, and to be proactive in avoiding issues to assist with the productivity of your organisation, as opposed to being reactive once an issue arises.”
Can you afford prevention? Can you afford not to?
“Former NZCU Baywide employee Karen Hammond won record damages of $168,000 last week after the Human Rights Review Tribunal found company executives waged what it described as a shameful and inexcusable campaign against her.” Read more …