What are harassment and bullying, and what support is available?
Harassment is a pattern of behaviour that is unwelcome and has the effect of violating a person’s dignity or of creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for them. The behaviour is usually persistent and continues over a period of time, although a one-off incident that is particularly serious can also amount to harassment. Examples of harassment include: Insults, name-calling, offensive language and gestures and inappropriate jokes Ridiculing and undermining behaviour Inappropriate or unnecessary physical contact Physical assault or threats of physical assault Intimidating, coercive or threatening actions and behaviour Unwelcome sexual advances Isolation, non-cooperation or deliberate exclusion Inappropriate comments about a person’s appearance, intrusive questions or comments about a person’s private life and malicious gossip Offensive images and literature Pestering, spying and stalking Whilst views of ‘acceptable behaviour’ may vary from pers
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