This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government
Rejected petition Make Workplace Bullying a Criminal Offence
Treat workplace bullying equal to protected characteristic, sex, race, religion and disability.
Employers hide behind the lack of evidence to support targeted behaviour linked to protected characteristics. This does not detract from their misconduct, intended or not and the impact on the recipient.
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Bullying can have devastating impacts on the recipients health and well-being but there are no formal avenues to pursue through the Courts.
Employers have a duty of care to their employees but hide behind corrupt policies and conduct to protect themselves.
Internal grievance procedures are corrupt as they are weighted in favour of the employer to protect them.
Any form of discrimination or targeted behaviour should be protected by UK Law.
Bullying takes many forms of victimisation, harassmentand discrimination not just limited to the current protected characteristics listed above.
An employee should not be forced to resign to take an employer to court for constructive or unfair dismissal before the courts will address such misconduct.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/262228
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