Action to tackle bullying at work

how to deal with bullying at work
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For employers | For targets of bullying | Legal

Welcome to the area at Bully OnLine which suggests action you can take to tackle bullying at work.

For employers...

Guidance on developing an anti-bullying policy.

For targets of bullying...

Action you can take to tackle bullying at work.

Join Tim Field's Bullyonline Internet action forum.

Tim Field's book Bully in sight: how to predict, resist, challenge and combat workplace bullying validates the experience of bullying and provides practical insight and ideas on how to tackle bullying.

Get the feeling you're being obstructed?

Ideas on how to lobby your MP for a change in the law.

Ideas on how to set up a bullying survivor support group.

Sample constitution for a bullying survivor support group.

Using the search engines to find other sites on bullying and harassment.

Ideas on designing and building your own web site.

Suggestions for recovery from bullying.

The law

The law and bullying - relevant areas of law that apply to bullying.

Case law and out-of-court settlements on bullying, harassment, discrimination, stress and personal injury.

The case of Waters v. London Metropolitan Police in which the House of Lords affirmed the right of an employee (or, in this case, an office holder) to sue their employer for negligence if bullying and harassment cause psychiatric injury, especially if the employer's had been informed of the bullying and harassment but had chosen to take no action.

The case of Long v. Mercury Mobile Communications Services sets a precedent for a single stress breakdown in a personal injury case

Bullying and human rights: the new UK Human Rights Act.

A sample High Court injunction to prevent unfair dismissal.

The proposed UK Dignity at Work Bill.

The Swedish Ordnance (law) on Victimization at Work.

Where now?
Lots of information and ideas for tackling bullying including the legal aspects
Action Home Page | Action to tackle bullying
Guidance for employers on policy development
Bullying and the trade unions | Bullying and the law
Case law on bullying, harassment, stress and personal injury
Court judgements in cases relevant to bullying
Long v. Mercury Mobile Communications Services
Hatton Barber et al: 16 practical propositions for a personal injury case
Right to be accompanied | The need for risk assessment
High Court injunction to prevent unfair dismissal | Obstruction to justice
Bullyonline action forum for validation and re-empowerment
UK Dignity at Work Bill | Swedish law on Victimization at Work
Bullying and human rights | Waters v. London Metropolitan Police
Barber v. Somerset County Council
Zimmerman: retaliation in the US courts
Bullying history: books, articles and publications since 1992
How to lobby your MP: example letter and summary of inadequacy of UK law
Amicus Campaign Against Bullying At Work (CABAW)
Tim Field's written submission to the Dignity at Work Bill debate
Getting another job after bullying | How to recover from bullying
Setting up a bullying survivor support group | Sample support group constitution
Using the search engines to find other sites on bullying etc
Dealing with viruses, worms, spam etc
Designing and building your own web site
Advice and guidance for new Internet users
Tim Field's book Bully in sight validates the experience of bullying and
defines the injury to health caused by bullying and harassment