Canada Set to Address Workplace Bullying & Harassment
While the U.S. snoozes, Canada’s Parliament is taking steps to protect public sector workers from bullying and harassment in the workplace.
Canada’s proposed Bill C 65 would amend Canada’s Labour Code by expanding the definition of “workplace violence” to include both physical and psychological injuries and illnesses.
The bill’s definition of “harassment and violence” includes “any action, conduct or comment, including of a sexual nature, that can reasonably be expected to cause offence, humiliation or other physical or psychological injury or illness to an employee.”
The bill was passed by Canada’s Senate and is now pending before the House of Commons…
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AI could be trained to spot cyberbullying on social media and get harmful content removed before it can inflict any damage on its victim
By JOE PINKSTONE
Artificial intelligence is adapting to protect children from the perils of cyber-bullying and social media.
Researchers trained a machine-learning algorithm to detect bullying posts on social media and hide them from view.
The AI detected words and phrases in this dataset that were typically associated with bullying and filtered out more than two-thirds of threats, insults and instances of sexual harassment.
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Five Ways To Shut Down Workplace Bullying
by Mark Murphy
There are definite steps leaders can take to proactively address bullying. However, if a workplace “conflict” involves an issue of illegal activity, violence (and threats), sexual harassment, worker/customer safety, or other issue with legal ramifications, this is not something to try and handle on your own. In these cases, go directly to HR, your boss, and the legal department and/or use the processes in place for these types of issues.
Here are five ways to shut down workplace bullying:
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