The Federation of Free Workers (FFW) mentioned on Saturday that they welcomed the Anti-Bullying within the Workplace Bill as bullying was an occupational security and well being difficulty that not too many take significantly.
“The Anti-Bullying in the Workplace Bill, if passed into law, would greatly help improve the mental health of workers,” mentioned FFW Vice President Julius Cainglet.
The Anti-Bullying within the Workplace Bill or House Bill 8446 contains “offering, publishing, distributing, circulating, or spreading rumors, false news and information, gossip about, or any act against or directed against an employer, a co-employee, or any person with whom he or she has professional relations or dealings” as a type of workplace bullying.
It was authored by ACT-CIS party-list Representative Jocelyn Tulfo and her son, Quezon City Representative Ralph Wendell Tulfo.
“For so long, workers have suffered in silence over their horrible bosses. Shouting, cursing and badmouthing by bad managers and supervisors sadly, have long been part of workplace culture, since it is perceived by unscrupulous elements as something that gives results and leads to productivity. This has to stop,” Cainglet famous.
It additionally famous that the World Health Organization (WHO) had declared “burnout” as a office well being difficulty.
If burnout is compounded by bullying perpetrated by horrible bosses, bullies within the office must be penalized.
“And if we can prove that bullying has become a management policy, the enterprise should be penalized heavily,” mentioned Cainglet.
He added that enterprises ought to defend staff who file complaints in opposition to bullying bosses, and staff have to be shielded from administration retaliation resembling baseless suspensions and even dismissal. — DVM, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
