Workplace Harassment

Workplace harassment refers to any type of hostile actions towards the employees that hinders their working. It may be caused either by the employer or by co-workers.

In such a situation, the affected person feels that he is working under a hostile environment.

This affects his mental and physical health and leads to a drastic reduction in his productivity.

Workplace harassment can be based on different factors including race, language, culture, gender, age, sex or religious beliefs.

Many countries around the world enacted laws to deter such indiscrimination at workplace.

Organizations frame rules and regulations to check workplace harassments meted out by their employees.

Kinds of workplace harassments

There are different forms of workplace harassments.
The following are few of the common type of harassments towards the workers.

- Hostile Work Environment
- Racial Discrimination In Workplace
- Harassment In The Workplace
- Verbal Abuse In Workplace
- Bullying At Work
- Gender Discrimination In Workplace
- Age Discrimination In Workplace

Hostile Work Environment

Hostile work environment may be due to unfavorable atmosphere created at the workplace by the employer or co-workers. Under such situations, the employee feels insecure and as a result his output reduces drastically.

Racial Discrimination in Workplace

This is one of the common forms of workplace harassment complained by many employees around the world. People are discriminated at workplace other than work related aspects such as race, skin color, gender or culture. Racial discrimination in workplace takes place where majority of the workers are locals.

Verbal Abuse in Workplace

This is a situation under which the employee is verbally abused by his boss or by fellow workers directly or indirectly. This workplace harassment happens due to personal bias towards the affected employee.

Bullying At Work

Bullying at work is a trick adopted by the employers to get maximum outputs from their employees by providing minimum rewards.

Various methods are adopted in bullying including reduction of staff, increase in workload, linking incentives to performance, leave cuts, increases in work hours, reduce in amenities, etc.

Gender Discrimination in Workplace

This is one of the common forms of workplace harassment meted out to employees based on their gender.

More commonly, female employees are discriminated in various ways at their workplace against their male counterparts.