Bullying Laws a waste of money and time.

I've repeated myself over and over again on this issue of workplace bullying it is an absolute waste of money, time and resources, instituted by all those in safety that have no idea, education or competence.

Workplace bullying laws do nothing but give more power to the bullies! We have Crimes Acts in each state that allow for a prosecution of any violent actions so there is no use or need for bullying laws anywhere.

I won't go on about it as I have gone into detail on a number of forums just highlight these safety experts have no idea and the Safety Institute of Australia is to blame becuase it is an corrupt organisation claiming they are professionals when they don't even require qualifications! The article below just highlights how right I am and how dumb the Safety Institute of Australia is!


Bosses the worst workplace bullies: survey

By Rosemary Desmond

November 09, 2006 03:08pm
Article from: AAP

BULLYING in the Australian workplace is alive and well and the boss is usually to blame, a survey has found.
The email survey of almost 2000 people, by recruitment firm Talent2, found 40 per cent of workers had been bullied, with 73 per cent naming the boss as culprit.

The problem was worst in the legal sector where 83 per cent of workers said they had been bullied, but just under half the workers in the public sector and human resources said they were bullying victims, Talent2 director John Banks said.

The ACT and Queensland had the highest rates of bullying, with 50 per cent of survey respondents saying they had been victims, followed by South Australia (41 per cent), NSW (38 per cent), Western Australia (35 per cent), Victoria (33 per cent) and Tasmania (20 per cent).

But the bad behaviour by bosses was mostly in the form of emotional rather than physical abuse, Mr Banks said.

It could range from threats of dismissal unless an employee performed work outside their job description to more subtle forms of bullying, such as favouring one employee over another for perks and promotion, Mr Banks said.

"It can take many forms, depending on the type of business,'' Mr Banks said.

"But, generally speaking, good leaders don't need to bully.''

He said two decades ago employees were more deferential to their employers and supervisors than today, but angry outbursts in the workplace were common.

"You very rarely see that these days,'' Mr Banks said.

"Screaming and shouting in the workplace and demeaning them in public is an absolute no-no now.

"I'm sure there are managers who know their employees' weak spot and will focus on and use that to their advantage.

"But that's not going to make their employees feel any better and it's not going to get the discretionary effort required from the employee - particularly in this day and age because employees will walk.''