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November 22, 2018: Who Bullies Irish Teachers? High Rate of Korean Workplace Bullying; No Criminal Charges in NJ Bullycide

By Mike Tully on November 22, 2018

Students committed most of cyber abuse suffered by second-level teachers

By Niall Murray, Irish Examiner

Students are responsible for most of the cyberbullying suffered by second-level teachers, a researcher has found.

The study by Dublin City University (DCU) researcher Liam Challenor found that social media was the main outlet for victimisation of teachers by their students.

He surveyed 577 second-level teachers as part of his doctoral research with DCU’s National Anti-Bullying Research and Resource Centre.

While parents and other school staff also engaged in cyber-bullying, the responses showed that pupils were responsible for 59% of instances. Among those surveyed, nearly 10% had been the victims of online bullying themselves, but nearly 15% said they were aware of a colleague experiencing cyberbullying in the previous year.

However, Mr Challenor found there was a reluctance to report the issues or to seek help from management…

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3 of 10 Koreans have experienced workplace bullying: survey

By Choi Ji-won, The Korea Herald

Three out of 10 South Korean laborers have experienced sustained abuse at work, according to a survey conducted by a nationwide network of labor unions.

In revealing the results at a press conference outside the National Assembly, the network of unions urged legal action to prevent workplace bullying.

In the survey, which involved 1,078 adult employees across the nation, 300 respondents said they had been subjected to abuse by their colleagues or superiors. The network borrowed a survey format on negative experiences developed by the University of Bergen in Norway. Respondents were categorized as “bullied” if they said they had suffered any one of 22 negative experiences at work more than once a week for over six consecutive months.

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PROSECUTOR: NO CRIMINAL CHARGES IN NJ STUDENT’S BULLYING SUICIDE

By DAN ALEXANDER, New Jersey 101.5

ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP — Criminal charges will not be filed in the case of Mallory Grossman, a middle school student whose parents say bullying the cheerleader to take her own life in 2017.

The 12-year-old committed suicide in her school on June 2017 because, according to her parents, she was bullied mercilessly by text, Snapchat and Instagram at the Copeland Middle School. The Rockaway school district said it had been handling the situation according to the district’s bullying policy but her parents said they did nothing. Her parents, Dianne and Seth, filed a lawsuit against the district.

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November 20, 2018: Rite of Passage or Toxic Culture? Workplace Bullying “A Massive Issue in Jersey; Cork Workers Want Out, Some On Account of Bullying

By Mike Tully on November 20, 2018

Why sex assault veiled as hazing may be viewed as a ‘rite of passage’

By Mark Gollom, CBC News

Kyle Fraser, a former student at Toronto’s St. Michael’s College School, said the “toxic environment” at the facility is part of the reason he was forced to leave, and it’s why he’s not surprised by the recent allegations of assault and sexual assault.

“That’s the culture at that school. Those are the types of people that go to that school,” said Fraser, who attended the all-boys Catholic school from 2009 to 2013.

Fraser, who said he was verbally harassed every day at the school, said while there are good students there, the ones who excel in sports and academics would put down those who don’t.

“So, it’s a very toxic environment,” he said.

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‘Workplace bullying a massive issue in the Island’

By By Ian Heath, Jersey Evening Post

Psychotherapist Alison Fox, who worked in Jersey for five years, said that 50 per cent of her client contacts in the past year were from Islanders, despite her moving to Dorset after leaving the Jersey Community Relations Trust.

Ms Fox, who set up the Dorset Anti-Bullying Service which takes cases from Jersey, is raising awareness of the issue of workplace harassment during Anti-Bullying Week.

She said that Jersey had a ‘massive issue’ with the problem.

‘In the last 12 months we have had 149 complaints, 75 of which came from Jersey. I know how much of an issue it is in the Island after working for the Jersey Community Relations Trust,’ she said.

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37% OF CORK JOBSEEKERS HAVE CONSIDERED LEAVING THE CITY TO FIND WORK, ACCORDING TO JOBS EXPO CORK SURVEY

IRISH TECH NEWS

37% of job seekers in Cork have considered leaving the city in order to secure employment, according to a new survey conducted by Jobs Expo Cork, Munster’s largest jobs and careers event, which is taking place on Saturday 17 November in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. The survey also illustrates the difficulties many of those are facing in finding a job close to home, with more than half (53%) of Cork job-seekers having applied for up to five jobs, a fifth applying for more than five jobs, and 11% having applied for more than 21 jobs.

The research also sheds light on the prevalence of bullying in the workplace, with 43% experiencing some form of bullying from managers – but only 38% lodging a complaint.

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