Ready-to-Use Harassment, Discrimination & Workplace Bullying Policy

Protect your workplace and stay compliant with this fully drafted, ready-to-go policy in Microsoft Word. Clearly define unacceptable behaviour, prevent incidents, and provide staff with practical guidance—all aligned with Australian WHS requirements.

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What is Workplace Bullying and Harassment?

Workplace bullying is defined as repeated and unreasonable behaviour directed towards a worker or a group of workers that creates a risk to health and safety.

Unreasonable behaviour means behaviour that a reasonable person, having considered the circumstances, would see as unreasonable, including behaviour that is victimising, humiliating, intimidating or threatening.

Repeated behaviour refers to the persistent nature of the behaviour and can involve a range of behaviours over time.

To prevent workplace bullying and harassment employers should:

• Set clear standards of which behaviours are allowed and which are not in your workplace through training and leaders role modelling desired behaviours.
• Have policies and procedures to guide a consistent approach to prevent, respond and report workplace bullying and harassment. Discuss and promote these in team meetings and health and safety committee meetings.
• Encourage reporting. It is important for those who experience or witness workplace bullying or harassment to know who they can talk to, that a report will be taken seriously and that confidentiality will be maintained.
• Ensure that information about workplace bullying and harassment, including relevant policies and procedures, are part of supervisor training and new employee inductions.
• All employers should carry out a regular check of the workplace in consultation with employees and health and safety representatives to identify hazards and risks such as signs that bullying or harassment is happening or if there is an increased risk of it happening.