What is the definition of psychological harassment?
Psychological harassment is a form of vexatious behaviour that involves repeated hostile and unwanted words, behaviour, or actions that are painful, hurtful, annoying, humiliating or insulting.
What happens to the victims of psychological harassment?
Victims of psychological harassment often feel put down and belittled on a personal level, a professional level or both. The damage to a victim’s psychological well-being often creates a domino effect, impacting their physical health, social life and work life.
When does a person become a psychological harasser?
* A single serious incidence of such behaviour may also constitute psychological harassment if it undermines the person’s psychological or physical integrity and if it has a lasting harmful effect. Making rude, degrading or offensive remarks.
Can a company reprimand someone for psychological harassment?
Psychological harassment must not be confused with the normal exercise of the employer’s management rights, in particular his right to assign tasks and his right to reprimand or impose disciplinary sanctions.
Is it illegal to harass someone in the workplace?
Verbal harassment can be the result of personality conflicts in the workplace that have escalated beyond the casual eye roll or something more serious. Unlike discriminatory types of harassment (such as sexual), verbal abuse is often not illegal. Instead, verbal harassment can be someone who’s consistently mean or unpleasant.
Victims of psychological harassment often feel put down and belittled on a personal level, a professional level or both. The damage to a victim’s psychological well-being often creates a domino effect, impacting their physical health, social life and work life.
* A single serious incidence of such behaviour may also constitute psychological harassment if it undermines the person’s psychological or physical integrity and if it has a lasting harmful effect. Making rude, degrading or offensive remarks.
What happens when an employee is harassed at work?
Psychological harassment can seriously harm an employee’s well-being and productivity. Over time, emotional distress caused by a hostile work environment can result in anxiety, depression, stress, and even trauma responses like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
When to file a complaint about psychological harassment at work?
The Act respecting Labor Standards provides a recourse in the event of psychological harassment at work, which is available to every employee, whether unionized, non-unionized, or at the senior managerial level. The Act sets a 90-day period to file a complaint