Workplace Bullying Can Cost Your Company

Workplace bullying is on the increase, and it constitutes a major risk to companies that fail to take action.

If you learn of a bully in your ranks, you need to take immediate steps to mount a serious investigation and take action if the accusations turn out to be valid. The financial future of your company is riding on it, as a bullied employee could sue your firm for failing to take appropriate action.

But cases are not always cut and dry, and you need to have rules to go by if you receive a complaint. Your bullying prevention policy needs to:

• Define what bullying is,
• Provide guidelines for identifying bullying in the workplace, and
• Include action steps if an employee, supervisor or manager is found to be bullying another employee. Workplace Bullying Can Cost Your Company