Bullying and Harassment in the workplace

Hunter Water Bullying Survey

Everyone at Hunter Water has a work health and safety duty and can help to prevent workplace bullying.

Workplace bullying is a risk to health and safety because it affects the mental and physical health of workers. Failure to take steps to manage the risk of workplace bullying can result in a breach of Work Health and Safety (WHS) laws.

Employers need to take Workplace Bullying seriously. The ASU certainly does.

The ASU needs your help to stand up to ensure a workplace culture free from Bullying and Harassment.

We want to hear from you if you have experienced workplace bullying. We would appreciate your time to fill out the survey that will form the evidence to establish whether Workplace Bullying is an issue at Hunter Water. As a Union we hope to achieve a better workplace culture collectively that as individuals we can’t achieve alone.

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* 1. Do you work for Hunter Water?

Yes

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* 2. How long have you worked for Hunter Water?

less than 1 year

1 year or more but less than 3 years

3 years or more but less than 5 years

5 years or more but less than 10 years

More than 10 years

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* 3. Are you an ASU member?

Yes

I want to join

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* 4. What area do you work in?

Please note that this information will not be shared by anyone and is entirely confidential.

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* 5. Who is your?

Supervisor

Direct Manager

Manager once removed

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* 6. Have you experienced workplace bullying at Hunter Water?

Yes

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* 7. What form of Bullying/Harassment took place?

Please tick all relevant boxes

Excessive workload

Under work and assigning meaningless tasks unrelated to the job

Abusive, insulting or offensive language or comments

Open or implied threat of dismissal

Creation of a an oppressive and or unhappy work environment to coerce or intimidate

Exclusion & isolation

Imposing restrictive and petty work rules

Changing flexible work arrangements, such as rosters and leave, to deliberately inconvenience a particular worker or workers

Denying access to information, supervision, consultation or resources to the detriment of the worker

Interfering with a person’s personal property or work equipment

Spreading misinformation or malicious rumours

Practical jokes or initiation

Unjustified criticism or complaints

Deliberately excluding someone from work-related activities abusive

Insulting or offensive language or comments

Aggressive and intimidating conduct

Belittling or humiliating comments

Withholding information that is vital for effective work performance

Setting unreasonable timelines or constantly changing deadlines

Setting tasks that are unreasonably below or beyond a person’s skill level

Called by your manager at home after hours or when you are on leave

Victimising or deliberately targeting someone who may make, or has made, a complaint of harassment or bullying, or deliberately targeting their friends, supporters or witnesses.

Continuing to do something that someone has let you know that they find upsetting, bullying or harassing, and/or continuing to do something that they or someone else has asked you to stop doing.

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* 8. When did this occur?

Date

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* 9. Was the bullying directed?

At you

A colleague

A contractor

Agency hire

A manager or supervisor

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* 10. Was this bullying perpetrated by :

A colleague

Your supervisor

Your manager

Your manager once removed

Agency hire

Contractor

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* 11. Was the issue resolved?

Yes

Partially

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* 12. Can you briefly describe what happened and what the circumstances were?

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* 13. Who else was around?

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* 14. Has this occurred in the workplace before?

Yes

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* 15. How often has this occurred?

Never

Less than once a month

Once a month

A few times a month

About once a week

A few times a week

Every day

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* 16. Did you feel confident that you could respectfully challenge the person who carried out the alleged Bullying?

Yes

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* 17. Have you made attempts to:

Speak to the bully?

Talk to your manager about the conduct?

Talk to your manager once removed about the conduct?

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* 18. Did you feel confident that Hunter Water management appropriately investigated the Bullying and Harassment behaviour?

Yes

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* 19. Was any action taken or consequences against the perpetrator?

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* 20. How did the Bullying/Harassment affect the victim?

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* 21. Do you believe workplace bullying and harassment?

Is increasing in your workplace

Is decreasing in your workplace

That Hunter Water have a good policy to eliminate Workplace bullying and harassment

That Hunter Water take Bullying and harassment seriously

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* 22. Do you want the Union to:

Please note that these answers will only be seen by your ASU Organiser and will be kept strictly confidential. If you would like to discuss an incident of bullying and what your Union can do to assist you to address this, please contact your ASU Organiser Peter MacPhee or the ASU Intake Officer on 93104000

Take my case of bullying and harassment up with Hunter Water

Provide me with advice

Campaign to change the current workplace culture of bullying

Refer me to counselling

Take no action

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* 23. Your contact details are
Please note that this information will not be shared by anyone and is entirely confidential.

Name

Email Address

Phone Number

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* 1. Do you work for Hunter Water?

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* 2. How long have you worked for Hunter Water?

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* 3. Are you an ASU member?

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* 4. What area do you work in? Please note that this information will not be shared by anyone and is entirely confidential.

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* 5. Who is your?

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* 6. Have you experienced workplace bullying at Hunter Water?

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* 7. What form of Bullying/Harassment took place? Please tick all relevant boxes

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* 8. When did this occur?

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* 9. Was the bullying directed?

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* 10. Was this bullying perpetrated by :

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* 11. Was the issue resolved?

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* 12. Can you briefly describe what happened and what the circumstances were?

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* 13. Who else was around?

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* 14. Has this occurred in the workplace before?

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* 15. How often has this occurred?

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* 16. Did you feel confident that you could respectfully challenge the person who carried out the alleged Bullying?

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* 17. Have you made attempts to:

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* 18. Did you feel confident that Hunter Water management appropriately investigated the Bullying and Harassment behaviour?

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* 19. Was any action taken or consequences against the perpetrator?

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* 20. How did the Bullying/Harassment affect the victim?

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* 21. Do you believe workplace bullying and harassment?

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* 23. Your contact details arePlease note that this information will not be shared by anyone and is entirely confidential.

* 4. What area do you work in?

Please note that this information will not be shared by anyone and is entirely confidential.

* 7. What form of Bullying/Harassment took place?

Please tick all relevant boxes

* 23. Your contact details are
Please note that this information will not be shared by anyone and is entirely confidential.