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The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety defines workplace bullying as "acts or verbal comments that could 'mentally' hurt or isolate a person in the workplace. Sometimes, bullying can involve negative physical contact as well. Bullying usually involves repeated incidents or a pattern of behaviour that is intended to intimidate, offend, degrade or humiliate a particular person or group of people."
Note: Workplace bullying becomes an OHS regulatory issue if it involves the assault or attempted assault of a worker (including uttering threats, or behaving in a way that gives a worker reasonable cause to believe that he or she is at risk of injury).
External Resources
The following links list tools, publications, and other resources to help prevent violence in the workplace. These resources may not meet all the requirements for health and safety in British Columbia. Please check the Workers Compensation Act, the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, and related materials for specific WorkSafeBC requirements.
Bullying in the Workplace: A handbook for the workplace
Although other types of violence receive more media attention, workplace bullying has increasingly been the focus of researchers, employers, unions and health and safety professionals. Healthcare and community care organizations need new tools to improve their violence prevention strategies including methods to address workplace bullying.
Source: Ontario Safety Association for Community and Healthcare
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Bullying in the Workplace
This website uses a question-and-answer format to provide information on preventing and dealing with bullying in the workplace.
Source: CCOHS (Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety)
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Bullying and Harassment
This website provides advice and guidance on dealing with bullying and harassment in the workplace.
Source: HSE (Health & Safety Executive, UK)
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Preventing Workplace Bullying
These practical guides for employers and employees recommend that workplace bullying be treated like any other health and safety hazard, which should be identified and assessed for risk.
Source: SafeWork, South Australia
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Towards a Respectful Workplace
The research generated under this study has produced an online toolkit, an employee guide, and an organization's guide.
Source: University of New Brunswick, Fredericton
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Canadian Initiative on Workplace Violence
Website of the Canadian Initiative, a social research firm incorporated in 1999 to study trends in workplace conduct within Canada. Content includes research and practices related to reducing the risk of workplace aggression.
Source: Canadian Initiative on Workplace Violence
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