If you feel you are being picked on or treated unfairly by your boss or colleagues, you may well be being bullied.

• being criticised all the time in front of your colleagues or in private.
• being given trivial tasks to do.
• spreading malicious rumours.
• having your responsibilities removed and chances of promotion reduced.
• being deliberately ignored.
• being deliberately overloaded with work.
• being expected to meet deadlines which your boss knows are impossible.
• being excluded from work activities.
• being bullied by email, phone or in writing.

• Don’t ignore it. Your employer has a duty to protect your health, welfare and safety under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. There are penalties for your employer if they don’t step in.
• Try talking to the person you feel is bullying and tell them how it makes you feel.
• Confide in a colleague. You may find they are going through the same thing.
• Join a union. They will give you the best advice and liaise with the employer on your behalf.
• Tell your manager. If they are the ones bullying you, approach their manager and explain that by law, they have a duty to put a stop to it.