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Last updated: 29 June 2009 Bullying at Work. Investigations. Redundancy. Bullying & Harassment Investigations. Workplace Investigations. Grievance. Disciplinary. Discrimination. Dismissal. Suspension. Mediation. Abuse in the Workplace. Stress. Work related stress. Downsizing. Change Management. ACAS Code of Practice. BULLYING IS DISCRIMINATION BULLYING DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ... any one of us may be targeted We are presently looking for a Celebrity Patron. Can you help? We specialise in Bullying issues at work and in the playground. In particular we address Bullying at Work, Investigations, Redundancy, Bullying & Harassment Investigations and discrimination of all sorts. Bullying appears to be on the increase. Much of our focus at this time is on the subject of Redundancies, Dismissals, Bullying & Harassment, Grievance and Disciplinary Investigations and mediation in the workplace. See our Kids section in respect of playground bullying. We are a Charity set up to help eradicate Bullying in the Workplace and the Playground. Don't struggle, whether you are the bully or the bullied, we can help you, so take advantage of our FREE documentation and consultation. Whether you are an employer or an employee, this documentation is invaluable. To download our FREE Step By Step Guide - see below. It's easy to download! Just click the button and follow the instructions. Wait for the document to download before you exit. To download The Complete Guide to Dispute Resolution - see below and click: 'add to cart'. It's easy to download! This document will enable YOU to take any necessary action yourself. The document contains sample Policies, sample Grievance and Disciplinary procedures, sample letters (complaint, appeal and response letters), Employment Legislation, Redundancy laws, dismissal laws and much more. These documents are legally compliant, in accordance with The Employment Act. See our employer and employee sections for further details. DID YOU KNOW - SICKNESS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR IS RAMPANT 80% of work related calls to The National Bullying Helpline are from the public sector. Over half of those are from the NHS. The remainder is from Council's, Emergency services and the Education sector. In almost every case, absence due to wrok relates stress is a major factor. A recent survey mirrors the position; Council Staff : Sickies cost us £4bn a year. Council workers are taking nearly twice as many sick days as private sector employeers. On average, each employee takes 13.5 sick days each year, compared with 7.9 days in the private sector - according to a study conducted by Beneden Healthcare Society. Only 9% of senior managers, it is alleged, regard absence through sickness as a major issue. Costs could easily be cut by 20% saving £800 million a year of public money if councils did more to tackle absenteeism. NHS Staff : 474,673 members of staff in the NHS suffer with workplace bullying related issues. 37% of staff reported that they had been harassed, bullied or abused in the last 12 months. An average sick day costs £69 per day in the public sector. Victims take an average extra 7 days sick pa. due to bullying (Hoel and Cooper). The total cost to the NHS over the last 12 months = £229,267,059. THE ACAS CODE The Code of Practice is now law. Whenever a disciplinary or grievance process is being followed it is important to deal with issues fairly. (See our Law Page for further details). • Employers and employees
should raise and deal with issues promptly and should not
unreasonably delay meetings, decisions or confirmation
of those decisions. If you need an Employment Law Solicitor, click on our page LAW. IMPORTANT NEW CASE LAW: Teachers and NHS Employees (ie: GP's and Consultants) may now have a right to be accompanied by a Solicitor during internal disciplinary hearings- if the outcome may lead to dismissal. See Case Law. March 2009. Poor Conflict Management skills cost the UK £24 billion a year in lost working days. 55% of the workforce has had no training in managing conflict
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CONFLICT 20% of management time is spent on conflict. 22% of staff work unproductively as a result of conflict. 50% of staff who take long term sickness, struggle with bullying issues. How much lawyer/litigation and time do you spend on conflict? How much time do your managers spend on conflict? What do stress related illnesses cost your organisation? Which areas have most conflict? What business has been lost to conflict? How are negative behaviors being tackled? What reduces the effectiveness of dispute resolution systems in your firm? What systems changes could help reduce conflict? Mark Butler, People Management January 2009. TRIBUNALS The average cost to an employer in defending a Tribunal claim is £15,000 to £20,000. Last year there were 189,000 Tribunal applications - up one third from 2006. During this period the average compensation awards were; £7,974 for unfair dismissal, £14,049 for race discrimination and £10,053 for sex discrimination. Equal pay claims are the most financially crippling according to Paul Lambdin of Stevens and Bolton. "They can become very technical because often you are comparing apples with pears". The same can be said for disability discrimination cases, where frequently expert advice is sought on whether an employer has made a reasonable adjustment to accommodate an employee, as required by law. Personnel Today and Messrs Stevens & Bolton. 23 September 2008 PUBLIC SECTOR SICKNESS Official figures show that workplace sickness in the Department for Work and Pensions cost £65.8 million in 2007-8 bringing the total cost to the Public Sector in the past three years to £228 million. These figures show that, on average, each of the DWP's 114,000 staff took 10.1 sick days last year, nearly double the private sector average of 5.8 days. Mail on Sunday August 2008 NBH IS INVOLVED IN National Programmes such as National Ban Bullying week and public newsworthy events, working closely with ACAS, the CIPD, CMI and our Government; BERR, and with the BBC and GMTV newsdesk on case studies and press releases Local Programmes such as local competitions with Schools and Wiltshire Top 100 employers, local and annual marathons and fun-runs, The Swindon Half Marathon, local fund raising and Charity events. TIM FIELD BULLYONLINE The late Tim Field wrote bullyonline and the Book Bully In Sight. These are Tim's words on the subject of bullying. Those who can, do. Those
who can't, bully. Topics covered at Bully OnLine:
workplace bullying, mobbing, bullying at work, bullying help, bullying
advice, work abuse, workplace abuse, abuse in the workplace, workplace
violence, harassment at work, workplace harassment, discrimination
at work, stress at work, stress-related illness, law on stress,
emotional abuse. Only the best are bullied See Bully OnLine, the web site of the UK National Workplace Bullying Advice Line and the world's leading source of bullying help with extensive resources on workplace bullying and related issues. Bully OnLine, where Tim Field shares his unique insight into workplace bullying, gives you the knowledge to identify, understand and tackle a common cause of stress, anxiety, waste, inefficiency, dysfunction, ill health, cost, and litigation. Bully OnLine also contains pages on harassment, workplace violence, family bullying, domestic abuse, trauma, Complex PTSD, suicide, child bullying, bullying in schools, child suicide, stalking, and other related issues. Bullying is the common denominator of harassment, discrimination, prejudice, abuse, persecution, conflict and violence. When the bullying has a focus (eg race or gender) it is expressed as racial prejudice or harassment, or sexual discrimination and harassment, and so on. Although bullying often lacks a focus, bullies are deeply prejudiced but at the same time sufficiently devious to not reveal their prejudices to the extent that they contravene laws on harassment and discrimination. Tim said; "I believe bullying is the single most important social issue of today, for the study of bullying provides an opportunity to understand the behaviours which underlie almost all conflict and violence". Most of the information on Tim's website (bullyonline) is derived from experience of dealing with bullying in the workplace, however, much applies to bullying in schools, in relationships (eg domestic violence and family bullying), in uniform (armed services, police, prisons etc), in crime, with neighbours, and in abuse of the elderly. THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS & VOLUNTEERS Infotec. Hinton Newport. HR & Diversity Management Limited. Sainsbury's Stratton. Zurich. Masterclass. NASUWT. Thomson Directories. Morgan Crucible. Charles Lucas & Marshall Solicitors, Monahan's, BBC Wiltshire Sound, GWR, Brunel FM & Swindon 105.5 FM Community Radio and VAS Swindon. We are still looking to work with a National Sponsor. Could that be your organisation? Thanks for this, have just spent an enjoyable hour reading it! Fantastic job, you have managed to impart clarity into the veritable "forest" of paper. Your conclusions and recommendations are in my view absolutely accurate, and highlight the real need for management training. Best wishes and thanks for all your support. Satisfied Corporate Employer on receipt of an Investigation Report. May 2006. ORGANISATIONS WE HAVE WORKED WITH INCLUDE ACAS, ACCORD, AMICUS, ASDA, UNISON, TUC, The Army, BT, Capita, CMI, CIPD, DfES, DLA, FSB, IiP, The Home Office, Welsh Assembly, British Airways, Durham County Council, DAWN, Cathedral School of St Mary's Plymouth, Dorset NHS, LEA's (nationally), The Children's Society, GTC, Great Western Hospital, HSE, The NHS (nationally), NASUWT, Nationwide, Royal Mail, The Fire Service, CEMEX Plc, Laura Ashley, Women's Aid, The Prison Service, Essex County Fire and Rescue, Great Western Hospital, Masterclass, The NHS Mental Health SW1, Nationwide, Nottingham Play Forum, Swindon Borough Council, Central Swindon Medical Centre, Oxford Brookes University, University of Lancashire, University of Portsmouth, Convergys Europe, APEX, Cadbury's, Laden Pre-School, Merton Timber Wales, Barnett, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust, Tesco, Thomson's Local, Somerfield, Cricklade Town Council, ASDA, Once Upon a Time Day Nursery, Personnel Today, Somerfield, Sainsbury's, Wiltshire Sound, Wiltshire and Swindon Fire Authority, Motorola, Honda, Energis, Danesfield House Hotel and Spa, Grenville Technology, Zurich Finance, W H Smith, Rowan Foods Wrexham, Bruce Stephenson Limited, Hammersmith Primary Trust, Sara Shoemark Beauty Salon, NHS Oxford, OXFAM, YMCA, Three County Police Constabularies, The Samaritans, Virgin Mobile ....and much more. If you have found this site useful please help others to find it too by linking using http://www.nationalbullyinghelpline.co.uk USEFUL CONTACTS and LINKS ACAS Antibullyingnetwork BBC Schools Business Link www.businesslink.gov.uk Bullybusters Beat Bullying www.beatbullying.co.uk Connexions Direct –
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Barnardo's : 01225 751261 Women's Aid National
Helpline : 0808 200 0247
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST Since its inauguration this helpline has been funded by HR & Diversity Management Limited, an HR consultancy established by Christine and David Pratt, who also founded this helpline (Charity). The Consultancy does not profit from the helpline - quite the contrary! The Consultancy funds the helpline entirely. This is not a Government funded helpline. The processes between the Consultancy and the Charity are open and transparent and were vetted and approved by both Companies House and The Charities Commission when the Charity was founded. Furthermore, the Charity works closely with a number of Lexel Accredited Employment Law Solicitors who have also audited and approved processes in compliance with Law Society Regulations. Governing bodies and Associate Partners are satisfied that there is no conflict of interest as the relationship between the two operations are transparent and lawful. If you are concerned about conflict of interest, or do not understand the term, please contact our Trustees. There is a complaints procedure on this website. Write in with any concerns and our Trustee's will always respond. We are not a Samaritans look alike. We help people in distress in a practical, positive, timely, way and in some cases we will put callers in touch with professional service providers ; (solicitors, investigators, mediators etc). Where a fee changes hands this is declared up front. Everyone who calls the helpline is given 'open and transparent' choice - and advice and guidance to enable them to ascertain and understand both their legal options and/or statutory obligations.
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