Many states in the world have passed anti-bullying in schools, but few have addressed the problem in businesses. Yet, bullying in the workplace is a widespread social problem. Gruppo La Meridiana, as Outsourcing services supplier leading in Italy, is very sensitive to this issue. That’s why, in our HR management strategies, often we include an extensive control of bullying in companies.

On the other hand, statistics show us that the corporate culture is at risk even when you simply observe bullying and not only when you are victims of the same.

What is bullying and how it can spread in the company?

Bullying, by definition, is a hostile behavior of one person to another. The so-called bully in the workplace, can undermine the professional status of a colleague through a wide variety of tactics. From threats to intimidation, through constant criticism and even sabotage.

Bullying is harassment, verbal and / or physical, and is considered illegal.

Several studies show that women are affected by bullying more widely than men, often for other women hand.

In addition, the so-called cyberbullying, so widespread among teens on the web, turns out to be a big social problem, in the workplace too.

As for the HR management, companies should take organizational steps in order to establish an anti-harassment policies in the workplace.

HR Management: what can make a manager against bullying?

Among the companies that have already decided to organize themselves to solve the problem of bullying, many have chosen to invest in prevention. They did this by setting up specific training courses on the behavior to be followed in the workplace. And creating an internal supervisory system.

However, some threatening behavior often go unnoticed. For all the considerations made so far, we believe it is an excellent strategy to develop procedures that would encourage victims and witnesses to report incidents of bullying suffered and observed.

It is also important to dwell on the link between bullying and company performance. Bullying, in fact, like any malicious behavior in the workplace, can demoralize staff. And overall, the whole business can lead to lower productivity.

By outsourcing the HR management to a team of experts, as professionals of Gruppo La Meridiana, companies can solve this kind of problems.

The Outsourcing is becoming more and more a social strategy, as well as the economic benefits of the event. The corporate culture ultimately takes for companies as important as the production system. With Outsourcing will be able to focus more easily to the welfare of your business. Objective: success!