Employers are legally responsible for providing a safe working environment.
They are bound by duty of care requirements. Research by the South Australian Working Women's Centre in 1997 shows that workers are mostly bullied by managers and that some work colleagues often join in with the bullying. The target of the bully is isolated, marginalised, silenced and the bullying escalates. It is, however, preventable. For further information on the psychological injury caused through bullying, please click HERE .