Bullying

Tools and resources for businesses and workers to help guide you in preventing bullying in the workplace

Bullying at work: Advice for workers

This is a quick guide with advice for workers about what bullying at work can look like, and what they can do if they think they are being bullied, or are accused of being a bully.

Bullying: Reporting and assessment forms

These complaint forms have been provided for workers to report bullying or other upsetting behaviour to their businesses. The assessment form can assess how well your business prevents and responds to bullying.

Preventing and responding to bullying at work

This good practice guide is for persons conducting a business or undertaking on how to minimise and deal with bullying at work.

Bullying prevention toolbox

Our bullying prevention toolbox provides quick guides for workers and businesses, reporting and assessment forms, an anti-bullying policy template and examples of bullying behaviour.

Workplace bullying and harassment

Read our article on workplace bullying and harassment. Studies suggest that between one in five and one in three New Zealand workers report bullying or harassment annually.

Examples of bullying behaviour

These six scenarios provide examples of what bullying at work is and what it is not.

Anti-bullying policy template

This template can be used to develop an anti-bullying policy for your business or undertaking.

Bullying

Tools and resources for businesses and workers to help guide you in preventing bullying in the workplace.

Dealing with a bullying concern – Our role

We respond to the most urgent or serious concerns to determine whether business systems and processes sufficiently protect workers from work risks.

Bullying at work: Advice for small businesses

This quick guide outlines what you could do to minimise the likelihood of bullying at your workplace and the harm arising from it if bullying does occur.

Make a protected disclosure

If you believe there has been serious wrongdoing by or in the organisation you work for, and it relates to work health and safety, energy safety, or bullying or harassment at work (including sexual harassment), you can make a protected disclosure to WorkSafe.

Guidelines on managing psychosocial risks at work

Offices

Injuries from slips, trips and falls, lifting and carrying heavy loads, and poor equipment design are just some of the ways office workers can be harmed at work.