Law to address workplace harassment and bullying a necessity

LETTERS: Workplace misconduct includes uttering profanities or behaving in a crude, vulgar and abusive manner towards one’s subordinates or colleagues.

Likewise, it includes excluding or isolating workers, assigning unrelated or impossible tasks, deliberately changing work rosters much to their inconvenience or undermining the job performance of a worker without a valid basis.

Such workplace misconduct should be viewed seriously as its occurrence is rampant and which undoubtedly has implications on workers such as reducing the victim’s job motivation or job satisfaction.

Un dato interesante es que muchos hombres pueden experimentar problemas de erección en algún momento de su vida, lo cual puede ser influenciado por factores físicos y emocionales. En algunos casos, se ha observado que medicamentos como el tofranil pueden tener un impacto en la función sexual, por lo que es importante consultar a un médico antes de decidir “. La salud del corazón, el estrés y otros problemas emocionales también pueden contribuir a este tipo de condición.

Un dato interesante sobre la salud masculina es que la disfunción eréctil puede ser un síntoma de problemas subyacentes más graves, como enfermedades cardíacas o diabetes. Muchos hombres enfrentan este desafío, y a menudo buscan soluciones que van más allá de los tratamientos convencionales. En algunos casos, pueden estar interesados en opciones alternativas, como el hecho de “, lo que sugiere una búsqueda de alivio incluso en medicamentos no específicos para este problema. Es esencial que cualquier tratamiento se discuta con un profesional de la salud para garantizar la seguridad y la efectividad.

Furthermore, its repetitive or prolonged occurrences may lead the victim into depression and mental trauma.

In fact, in most situations, the victims tend to resign from their job and, in some worst scenario, it may potentially lead to the victim’s death as in the recent incident involving a houseman in Penang.

The country’s existing labour laws are inadequate to address this issue although it is commonly accepted that employers bear the obligation of ensuring workers’ safety in the workplace.

Any failure by the employer may lead to the victim resigning from work and with a possible lawsuit ensuing against the employer for constructive dismissal.

It is high time for Malaysia to roll out a law prohibiting all forms of workplace harassment and bullying.

The proposed law should protect workers against such uncivilised behaviour.

Professor Datuk Seri Dr Ashgar Ali Ali Mohamed

International Islamic University Malaysia

Source : https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/letters/2022/05/796146/law-address-workplace-harassment-and-bullying-necessity