Bullying doesn't just happen in schoolyards
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It is also:
- Rumours, gossiping, insinuation and lies that ruin someone's reputation
- Insulting, screaming at or denigrating a person
- Excluding and isolating a person
- Destroying or impeding a person's work
- Withholding necessary information and resources required for a person to do their work
- Ignoring, contradicting, belittling or rejecting every comment and opinion expressed by a person
- Imposing excessive tasks and impossible to meet deadlines
- Telling or sending offensive jokes
Remember
- Do not just ignore the behaviour
- Do not just accept the situation
- Do not let it take over your personal life
- Help is here, contact Harassment Centre of Expertise
Bullying happens with peers around, in over 80% of cases
45% of targets suffer stress-related health problems, including anxiety, panic attacks, and clinical depression
Bullying is 4x more common that either sexual harassment or discrimination on the job*
*According to the Workplace Bullying Institute
57% of the time, bullying stops within 10 seconds when a bystander steps in