Bullying and Harassment definition

Bullying and Harassment means any inappropriate conduct or comment, including electronic, by a person toward an employee that the person knew or ought to have known would cause the employee to be humiliated or intimidated, or any other form of unwelcome verbal or physical behavior which by a reasonable standard would be expected to cause insecurity, discomfort, offence or humiliation to an employee or group of employees, and has the purpose or effect of interfering with an employee’s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment.
Bullying and Harassment means any unwanted behaviour that makes someone feel intimidated, degraded, humiliated or offended. It might be obvious or it might be insidious. It may be persistent or an isolated incident. It can occur in written communications, by phone or through email, not just face to face.
Bullying and Harassment means inappropriate, vexatious or hostile conduct, comments, actions or gestures that the person knows or reasonably ought to have known would cause the receiver to be offended, humiliated or intimidated, including, but not limited to, acts of aggression verbal or written threats, or vandalism of personal property. Bullying and harassment may refer to repeated incidents or may arise out of a single incident that has a lasting harmful effect on an employee. Bullying and harassment does not include any reasonable action taken by the Employer relating to the management and direction of staff or the workplace generally. For the purposes of this clause, "bullying between peers" refers to: • Vexatious behaviour by a person with no managerial or supervisory authority over the complainant, including but not limited to repeated hostile conduct, comments, actions, or gestures, that affects an employee's dignity and that results in a harmful work environment; or • A single incident by a person with no managerial or supervisory authority over the complainant that has a lasting harmful effect on the complainant.

Examples of Bullying and Harassment in a sentence

  • See School Board Policies 5517, Anti-Discrimination/Harassment (Students) and 5517.01, Bullying and Harassment.

  • All policies can be viewed on the Oracle - please ensure you refer to the Equality and Diversity Policy and the Bullying and Harassment Policy (Q, CF).

  • For complaints of bullying and harassment, the District shall follow the procedures in Policy 3.43, Bullying and Harassment.

  • Bullying and Harassment Procedures: There is both an informal and formal procedure to deal with the issue of bullying/harassment within the clubs.

  • To promote a commitment to eliminating Maltreatment, Bullying and Harassment for all Participants through education, awareness and prevention.


More Definitions of Bullying and Harassment

Bullying and Harassment means any inappropriate conduct or comment made by a person towards an employee that the person knew or reasonably ought to have known would be unwelcome or would cause that employee to be humiliated or intimidated and includes sexual harassment, but excludes any reasonable action taken by a manager or supervisor relating to the management and direction of employees or the place of employment.
Bullying and Harassment means a course of vexatious comments or conduct that is known
Bullying and Harassment includes any inappropriate conduct or comment by a person towards a worker of VO that the person knew or reasonably ought to have known would cause that individual to be humiliated or intimidated, but excludes any reasonable action taken by VO or a supervisor relating to the management and direction of workers of VO or the place of employment. Examples of Bullying and Harassment include, but are not limited to, such things as: ¾ words, gestures, actions or practical jokes, the natural consequence of which is to humiliate, ridicule, insult or degrade; ¾ threats or intimidation; ¾ cyber bullying – which generally refers to Bullying and Harassment which occurs through the use of text messaging, social media, e-mail and/or the internet; ¾ physical assault; or ¾ persistent rudeness, taunting, malicious gossip, patronizing behaviour, vandalizing belongings or other conduct which adversely affects working conditions or work performance. Discrimination and Harassment include Sexual Harassment.
Bullying and Harassment includes any inappropriate conduct or comment by a person towards a worker or volunteer of VO that the person knew or reasonably ought to have known would cause that individual to be humiliated or intimidated, but excludes any reasonable action taken by VO or a supervisor relating to the management and direction of workers and volunteers of VO or the place of employment. Examples of Bullying and Harassment include, but are not limited to, such things as: • words, gestures, actions or practical jokes, the natural consequence of which is to humiliate, ridicule, insult or degrade; • threats or intimidation; • cyber bullying – which generally refers to Bullying and Harassment which occurs through the use of text messaging, social media, e-mail and/or the internet; • physical assault; or • persistent rudeness, taunting, malicious gossip, patronizing behaviour, vandalizing belongings or other conduct which adversely affects working conditions or work performance. Discrimination and Harassment include Sexual Harassment.
Bullying and Harassment means a course of vexatious comments or conduct that is known or ought to be known to be unwelcome that denies an employee dignity and respect on one or more of the grounds set out in the Canadian Human Rights Act and that results in a hostile work environment, impairs the employee’s work performance and/or adversely affects the employee’s relations in the workplace. Harassment may take many forms: verbal, physical or visual. It may involve a threat or an implied threat or be perceived as a condition of employment. Workplace harassment includes, but is not limited to the following examples:
Bullying and Harassment means any inappropriate behaviour (conduct or comment) by a person towards a Staff member, which the person knew or ought reasonably to have known would cause the Staff member to be humiliated or intimidated. Harassment may take different forms, including discriminatory harassment, sexual harassment, and personal harassment. Bullying and Harassment can include:
Bullying and Harassment means any inappropriate conduct or comment by a person towards a co- worker that the person knew or reasonably ought to have known would cause that co-worker to be humiliated or intimidated, but excludes any reasonable action taken by a Supervisor relating to the management and direction of staff members or the workplace.