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5 Types Of Workplace Harassment

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 5 Types Of Workplace Harassment

Harassment in the workplace can take various forms. Here's how to recognise some of the most prevalent types of harassment, as well as what you should do if you witness it.


Physical proof of workplace harassment may or may not exist. Understanding what is going on with you might help you bring up the issue. Offensive jokes, slurs, epithets, or name-calling, physical assaults or threats, intimidation, ridicule or mockery, insults or put-downs, offensive objects or pictures, and interference with work performance are all examples of misconduct, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).


There are 5 types of workplace harassment: 


1. Verbal harassment


Verbal harassment may be a never-ending fight that jeopardises your health and job. It comprises of derogatory words, unpleasant gestures, and irrational criticism. It can include insults, slurs, inappropriate "jokes," and harmful statements.Because it is a nonphysical type of violence, verbal harassment can be difficult to identify and is frequently a grey area.



"Often, yelling, cursing, or making inappropriate remarks or jokes about a coworker is viewed as a case of personality conflict rather than harassment, even when such behaviour can have a negative psychological impact on the victim and result in outcomes such as depression, high blood pressure, and anxiety," Chancey explained.


2. Psychological harassment


Psychological harassment is comparable to verbal harassment, but it is more subtle and involves exclusionary methods such as withholding information. According to Chancey, the goal of these activities is to mentally break down the victim, chip away at their self-esteem, and undermine them.


"Behaviors such as taking credit for someone else's accomplishment, making impossible demands, imposing unreasonable deadlines on a specific employee, constantly requiring an employee to perform demeaning tasks that are outside of their job scope, or persistently opposing everything someone says may not appear to be harassment, but this can be a form of deliberate psychological bullying," he explained.


3. Digital harassment (cyberbullying)


Even if it occurs online, digital harassment may

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