This is an interesting perspective on what is workplace bullying exracted from a recent decision of the Fair Work Commission.
“In terms of a definition of bullying, Vice President Hatcher (as His Honour then was) proposed a list of behaviours that could constitute bullying in Mac v Bank Of Queensland as follows (with my emphasis):
“My list included the following: intimidation, coercion, threats, humiliation, shouting, sarcasm, victimisation, terrorising, singling-out, malicious pranks, physical abuse, verbal abuse, emotional abuse, belittling, bad faith, harassment, conspiracy to harm, ganging-up, isolation, freezing-out, ostracism, innuendo, rumour-mongering, disrespect, mobbing, mocking, victim-blaming and discrimination.”13
See Abdul Samad v Phosphate Resources Ltd T/A Christmas Island Phosphates [2024] FWC 2868 delivered 16 October 2024 per O’Keeffe DP