How To Deal With Being Treated Unfairly At Work

Advice on how to deal with being treated unfairly at work covers process and skips the part people actually struggle with, which is carrying it week after week while nothing changes.

Two things are worth knowing. The rumination is normal and it is genuinely exhausting, and people consistently underestimate how much capacity it takes from the rest of their life. The delay is normal too. Internal processes and external bodies both move slowly, so plan for months rather than weeks.

What helps in the meantime is practical. Write things down as they happen, so you are not holding it all in your head. Tell one person outside work. Use your employee assistance programme, which is confidential and does not start a process. And set yourself a decision point rather than waiting indefinitely.

If this is affecting your health, that is worth raising with your GP. The Fair Work Ombudsman covers workplace rights. This is general information rather than legal advice, and obligations vary by state and territory.

See Sentrient’s human rights training and EEO training course.