Workplace bullying expert: bullies should be "named and shamed"

"A bullying specialist has sounded-off on New Zealand's rates of workplace bullying.
Dr Gary Namie, a Psychologist and head of the United States' Workplace Bullying Institute, says New Zealand is well-positioned to virtually eliminate instances of workplace bullying were the government and business willing to tackle the problem.

The key to tackling bullying in New Zealand says Namie is for the government to institute a zero-tolerance policy within the workplace.

"They can and they could fix it nearly overnight. They simply need a declaration that it's unacceptable and then stick to it. There would be some legislative patches that could be applied to the health and safety act, or the Employment Relations Act because they have artificial timeframes to file complaints and they require a thing called a personal grievance, which could cause retaliation against a person."

Namie believes New Zealand could go from being number two in the world for workplace bullying, to being relegated from the charts."

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