Another Solution to Office Bullying

To deal with this large scale issue in a holistic manner I suggest that large workplaces band together to address workplace bullying or mobbing nationally i.e. through a centralised and/or regional Government department. Let's call it "Bully Central" whereby people in the workforce can phone a hot line and register their complaint and the name of their bully and place of work.

There is a definite need for a centralised area to be set up to deal with this insidious and demoralising behaviour.The office set up to deal with bullying or mobbing in the workplace should be open to all members of the workforce - both in the private and public sector.

In this centralized Governmental office e.g. the Public Service Commission, the new section "Bully Central" would be formed to deal solely with this widespread, insidious and severe OH&S problem. A nationwide computer program could be installed in the designated office (similar to our driving license and records system) whereby if it was found that the subject of a complaint was a serial offender then legislated steps could be taken to address the problem.

In actual fact the serial offender through this proposed centralised method, could be found quite quickly because alarm bells would be raised when the same name was flagged repeatedly - the recidivist bully could be dealt with and maybe helped to overcome their micro management styles that so devastate the people who are unfortunate enough to have to work to them or with them.

Psychiatric counseling could be offered, financial levies and the demoting or downgrading of the offenders' position could be considered. Complete removal from the offenders'(the bullying individual) comfort zone could allow for victim recovery, their personnel file marked, and finally a staged recognition of unacceptable behavior implemented via a "three strikes you're out" process.

I think that is a reasonable scenario given that the person who is being or has been targetted needs time to recover, some tlc and of course to be supported via counselling and or monetary help or compensation. The compensation could be graded also based on whether the serial bully has managed to slip through the net to practice their evil arts on a continuing basis.

If the person has had to leave their place of work and feels unable to ever face work again because of their treatment; then they need to be assessed as being and graded as a person who been "Broken" by the bully and they would need to be given extra special treatment as would the bully!

And while I am about it, what if a similar centralised office was set up specifically for children who are being bullied in school. Maybe the schools involved could being given a Publicand easily accessible "bully rating". Parents could make their decision based on accurate information, then when choosing a school for their child, assess the school's "bully" rating and make their decision accordingly. I bet that being affected "through the pocket" would certainly ensure that bullying as a practise would be examined more thoroughly.

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An addendum to my article and ideas - Under the current legislation as it relates to the current Privacy Rules; obviously operating "bully central" would be most difficult for the "man in the street" to carry out but if it was instituted by government it could be protected by the current privacy rules and regulations whcih would protect any personal information gleaned. It could then operate somewhat like the "freedom of information" act whereby only those directly affected have access to the information - not every man in the street! So, for example should a school be shown to have a high "bully" rating that rating could be made obvious to the potential student but not the names of the bullies already in situ.... The targetted student might enjoy seeing his/her oppressor's name up in lights; but really that could defeat the purpose of trying to stamp out the practice of bullying by turning the situation upside down should the oppressed and the oppressor just change places!

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