Code of Practice: Prevention of Bullying and harassment at the workplace

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Employee Relations and the Law
3/19/2019
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Anally Hotel
Code of Practice: Prevention of Bullying and harassment at the workplace
This code of Practice is based on the requirements mentioned under Safety, Health, and Welfare
at Work Act, 2005, Industrial Relations Act, 1990 and Employment Equality Act, 1998.
Objective
The objective of this code of practice is to ensure a healthy workplace and work culture, where
all the employees can work in a bullying-free environment.
Bullying At work: Meaning
For the purpose of this Code of practice, Bullying refers to any direct or indirect inappropriate
behavior of a person towards another in the due course of employment, which seems to be in
against of the dignity of such another person. The following act of a person at the workplace will
be treated as workplace bullying:-
 Aggression
 Physical abuse
 Humiliation
 Stalking
 Work-related harassment
 Verbal abuse
 Intimidation

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 Unwelcome touching
 Undermining and similar behavior
Scope
The scope of this code of practice is vast and the same is applicable to all the organizational
personnel including managers, customers, employees, and other stakeholders.
Responsibility of Management
In order to ensure the efficiency of this code, the management of the company will
 Be responsible to ensure to provide a safe and respectful environment to employees.
 Spread the awareness of this code and complaint procedure
 Sensitively deal with the employees involved in a case of bullying
 Ensure that an employee has good access to management to address his/her complaint
related to bullying
 Monitor the situation after a complaint of bullying.
Role of Trade Union
In the implementation of this code of practice, trade unions will contribute their efforts. Being
the representative of the employees, trade union will ensure that all the union members are
getting a safe, healthy, and bullying-free environment. The trade union will have the right to
represent the issue of an employee by making a complaint of bullying on behalf of them. Trade
unions will be free to provide education and training to employees regarding the issues of
workplace bullying.
Complaint Procedure
 Any employee who find a certain issue related to bullying is free to address the same.