Examples Of Victimisation At Work

Examples of victimisation at work are usually mundane, which is exactly why they are hard to challenge one at a time.

• Shifts reduced, or the good shifts stopping, shortly after a complaint.
• Being moved to a different team while the person complained about stays put.
• A performance rating dropping after years of being consistent.
• A flexible arrangement that had been fine for two years suddenly needing review.
• Being left off meeting invitations and project lists.
• A promotion application handled differently from before.
• Colleagues told not to discuss the matter, which isolates the person socially.

Each has an innocent explanation available. The pattern is what matters, and it only appears when you line the decisions up against the date the complaint was made.

Witnesses are protected on the same terms and are frequently overlooked.

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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