The National Tertiary Education Union have asked the University to recognise the existence of Workplace Bullying. In our Log of Claims for this round of Enterprise Bargaining we have asked that the Grievance Procedures be amended to include Workplace Bullying as legitimate grounds for raising a grievance.
Workplace bullying exists in many different forms.
It can exist at all levels of the university and bullies are not necessarily only people in a supervisory role. It can be instigated by, and affect, females or males. It includes behaviour that intimidates, offends, degrades or humiliates a worker, possibly in front of co-workers, clients or customers. It may include abuse of power, isolation, alienation of employees or poorly managed conflicts of opinion or personality. Inappropriate comments about personal appearance, work performance and verbal abuse are also common.