Bullying and harassment

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    Bullying can take many forms and can affect people in many different ways. Bullying occurs when someone is repeatedly tormented by another person or group using words or actions to make them feel weak or helpless.

    Types of bullying and harassment include:

    • physical: including hitting, poking, tripping and pushing
    • verbal: such as name calling, insults and abuse
    • cyberbullying: using technology or social media
    • workplace bullying: such as when a worker repeatedly behaves unreasonably in the workplace
    • sexual harassment: for example, unwanted sexual advances or behaviour towards an individual.

    If you think that you, or someone close to you, could be having to deal with bullying and harassment, find out more below about the of types of bullying, the effects and what to do.

    Bullying

    Bullying is when people deliberately use words or actions repeatedly against an individual or a group to cause physical

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    Cyberbullying

    Cyberbullying is bullying using technology to bully or hurt someone else. For example, cyberbullying may involve the internet,

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    Workplace bullying

    Workplace bullying is repeated unreasonable behaviour directed towards a worker in the workplace,

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    Sexual harassment

    Sexual harassment covers a range of unwanted or unwelcome sexual behaviour. Sexual harassment is sexual behaviour that

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