What are duties of employees under the Act in relation to bullying?
Employees should take reasonable care for their own safety and health at work. They should also avoid adversely affecting the safety or health of any person in the workplace through any act or omission. Every employee must be made aware of their duty not to place the safety and health of others at risk by engaging in bullying or, where they are in a position of authority, to take steps to stop bullying if and when it happens. Employees should follow the employer’s safety instructions, cooperate with their employer on work-related safety and health matters, use personal protective equipment provided and report to their employer any work-related injuries or anything that they consider to be a hazard in their workplace (which could include bullying). If an internal workplace bullying complaint has been lodged within a workplace the complainant is protected by qualified privilege, provided the complaint is not malicious, the facts presented in the complaint are true, the complaint is made
