Examples Of Retaliation Harassment
Examples of retaliation harassment are usually described as management acts. A great deal of it comes from colleagues instead, and that form is rarely anticipated.
After someone raises a complaint, particularly about a well-liked or long-serving person, the team response can be its own punishment. Conversation stopping when they enter. Being left out of lunch and after-work arrangements. Practical help quietly withdrawn. Being blamed for the atmosphere. Colleagues telling them they have overreacted or ruined things for everyone.
None of it is a management decision, and the employer is still responsible for the conditions.
What helps is naming it in advance. Telling a team plainly, at the point a process begins, that treating someone badly for raising a concern is itself a breach, and that it applies to everyone rather than only to managers.
The Australian Human Rights Commission covers victimisation. This is general information rather than legal advice, and obligations vary by state and territory.
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