Workplace Bullying

Quick Answer: The best workplace bullying and harassment training providers in Australia for 2026 are Sentrient (Australian, online, legally endorsed, records built in), Safetrac (Australian, legally reviewed online courses), iHR Australia (facilitated, actor-based scenarios) and SmartCulture (psychological safety focus). The thing most lists miss: since the positive duty became enforceable on 12 December 2023, employers […]

As a manager, you have a responsibility to intervene as soon as possible after suspecting or becoming aware there is unreasonable behaviour happening in your workplace. Here are six things to consider when responding to workplace bullying. Is The Behaviour Bullying or Not? The precise nature of the behaviour should be understood prior to developing […]

Quick Answer To investigate a complaint of workplace bullying, plan the inquiry first, then interview the complainant, respondent and witnesses separately, gather other evidence, put the allegations to the respondent in writing, decide whether each allegation is substantiated, and take proportionate action. Keep the process confidential, make no assumptions about the outcome, and record every […]

Quick Answer What does this course cover? The Preventing and Responding to Workplace Bullying for Supervisors and Managers course, now offered as the Online Workplace Bullying Prevention Training Course for Managers, covers what is and is not workplace bullying, the duty to eliminate it, responding to incidents, investigating a complaint, and building a safe, inclusive […]

Quick Answer: A supervisor or manager carries personal exposure on workplace bullying that sits separately from the organisation’s. You can be named by name in a stop bullying application, with your own form to respond to. You can be personally liable under the Fair Work Act if you were involved in a contravention. And you […]

Quick Answer A workplace bullying bystander is anyone who sees or hears bullying at work. An active bystander does something about it: they speak up when it is safe, interrupt the situation, get help from a manager or HR, check in with the person afterwards, or keep a record of what happened. You do not […]

Quick Answer: Workplace bullying is repeated unreasonable behaviour towards a worker that creates a risk to health and safety. Conflict is a disagreement between people who still hold roughly equal ground. The difference is not how heated it gets, it is repetition, power and risk. Two things surprise most employers. Intention is not part of […]

Quick Answer Sexism in the workplace is behaviour that demeans or disadvantages people because of their sex, from sexist jokes and comments to being talked over or passed over. It often sits alongside bullying and sexual harassment. Brave leaders call it out early, model respectful behaviour, and back it with clear policy, training and a […]

Quick Answer: Zero tolerance for workplace bullying is the right instinct and a risky phrase. It signals that the behaviour is not negotiable, which is worth signalling. But it also promises an automatic outcome your process cannot deliver, because the Fair Work Commission treats a zero tolerance policy as a starting point rather than a […]

Quick Answer The ten types of workplace bullies covered here are the Angry Bird, the Two-Faced Snake, the Prankster, the Gatekeeper, the Gossipmonger, the Criticising Cricket, the Forever Thirsty, the Wannabe, the Self-proclaimed Guru and the Sociopath. Some bully openly through yelling and humiliation. Others use covert bullying, such as exclusion, rumours and withheld information, […]