workplace harassment

Article 3     Psychological effects of personal harassment in the workplace   The article discusses the issue of workplace harassment, which often goes unreported due to employee confusion and discomfort. HR departments play a pivotal role in creating a safe work environment, as harassment can have significant adverse effects on employees, impacting their morale and productivity. Harassment in the workplace takes many forms: threats to a person, humiliating behavior, verbal abuse, unwanted sexual attention, and many more things. The term personal harassment refers to intentional, offensive, repeated actions or comments designed to demean an individual/employee deliberately or cause personal humiliation. It can happen when individuals use their position and authority with implicit power to sabotage or interfere with another employees’ career.     Some examples of personal harassment in the workplace include: ·        Th...

 Article 2 More than 1 in 5 worldwide suffering from violence at work: ILO | UN News The article starts with the information or fact that was derived from the survey conducted for the percentage of people affected from harassment at work, “More than one in five people employed – almost 23 per cent – have experienced violence and harassment in the workplace, whether physical, psychological or sexual, according to the first ever joint analysis of data worldwide carried out by the UN International Labour Organization (ILO), the independent global charity Lloyd’s Register Foundation (LRF) and analytics and polling company, Gallup.” The survey was done with the aim to better understand and spread awareness about the issues rooted with the harassment at work. The survey assesses the extent of the problem and the factors that prevent people from talking about their experiences. The report discloses that only half of the victims of harassment gets the courage to talk about it and make the ...