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Message: [QUOTE="Nehanda, post: 28249, member: 2262"] People harass workers everywhere. This behavior hurts workplace relationships and ruins professional settings. Many workers face harassment daily but never realize it because they lack knowledge about what counts as harassment. Your boss, coworker, or customer might harass you without you knowing. Workplace harassment happens when someone bothers you at work. This includes any annoying, scary, or upsetting actions directed at you. These actions embarrass you, make you feel small, or hurt your feelings. Harassment comes in different forms and affects people differently. Sexual harassment happens a lot at work. The Labour Act tells us it includes unwanted sexual behavior toward any worker. This covers touching someone, making sexual comments, or showing dirty pictures at work. Women face this problem more often than men do. Bosses ask for sex before giving promotions or new jobs. Physical harassment means someone attacks you or threatens you at work. People might hit you, kick you, or say they plan to hurt you. Some angry people destroy things around you to scare you. Others touch your clothes or body without permission. Customers who feel unhappy with your service might act this way toward you. Power harassment happens when bosses bully workers beneath them. They misuse their authority to make you feel helpless. They might give you more work than humanly possible to finish. Some bosses make you run personal errands outside your job duties. Others take away your position without good reason or criticize you in front of everyone. Verbal harassment uses mean words to hurt you emotionally. This happens between workers at any level. People react differently to verbal attacks, making them hard to spot sometimes. Harassers might call you bad names, make offensive jokes, or comment on your clothes or body. They might ask personal sexual questions or yell at you to embarrass you in public. Psychological harassment damages your mind secretly. This subtle behavior aims to make you feel worthless. It harms your work performance over time. Coworkers might dismiss your ideas constantly or leave you out of important meetings. Your company might pay you late repeatedly. Others spread lies about you behind your back. Cyberbullying has increased with new technology. This harassment happens through phones, computers, or internet platforms. People send you mean messages or share private information about you online. Coworkers might share salary details on WhatsApp groups without permission. Someone might forward your email to everyone or take pictures of your resignation letter and share them. Harassment affects your work quality and mental health if left unchecked. Check your company handbook first when someone harasses you. Tell the harasser clearly that their behavior bothers you and must stop immediately. Report what happened to your supervisor and the human resources department quickly. Write down everything for official records to protect yourself. [/QUOTE]

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