Common use of Bullying Clause in Contracts

Bullying. Bullying is any repeated or systematic behaviour, physical, verbal or psychological including shunning, which would be seen by a reasonable person as intending to belittle, intimidate, coerce or isolate another person. Personal harassment and/or bullying does not include acceptable social banter in the workplace. Nor does it include actions occasioned through the exercise in good faith of management’s rights for bona fide operational requirements or progressive corrective discipline in a manner that is respectful of those involved.

Bullying. Bullying is any repeated or systematic behaviour, physical, verbal or psychological including shunningphysical conduct that over a period, which would be seen by continuously and systemically, humiliates, intimidates, shows hostility towards, threatens or offends a person, and that a reasonable person as intending would know or ought to belittle, intimidate, coerce or isolate another person. Personal harassment and/or bullying does not include acceptable social banter in the workplace. Nor does it include actions occasioned through the exercise in good faith of management’s rights for bona fide operational requirements or progressive corrective discipline in a manner that is respectful of those involvedhave known would have such an effect.

Bullying. Bullying involves systematic hindering, harassing, or causing a physical or mental discomfort, focused on the same individual and often over a prolonged period. Bullying within the organisation includes the systematic inflicting of mental, physical or sexual discomfort by one person or a group of persons as a result of which the complainant is any repeated unable to function optimally within the organisation. Examples include social isolation, making work unpleasant or systematic behaviourimpossible for the individual, physicalmocking, verbal or psychological including shunninggossiping, which would be seen by a reasonable person as intending to belittle, intimidate, coerce or isolate another person. Personal harassment and/or bullying does not include acceptable social banter in the workplace. Nor does it include actions occasioned through the exercise in good faith of management’s rights for bona fide operational requirements or progressive corrective discipline in a manner that is respectful of those involvedand threatening.