Bullying Manager Costs Deutsche Bank $1.5 Million
Robert Mueller, who’s been a guest on this show, sent me an article yesterday from a court judgment in the UK. A woman named Helen Green sued her manager for bullying and harassment- and was awarded $US 1,575,000.
The main points of the case were this:
…whether the claimant has established that the conduct complained of in the Particulars of Claim took place and, if so, whether it amounted to bullying or harassment in the ordinary connotation of those terms. In addressing this question it is the cumulative effect of the conduct which has to be considered rather than the individual incidents relied on;” (ii) did the person or persons involved in the victimisation or bullying know, or ought they reasonably to have known, that their conduct might cause the claimant harm;
(iii) could they, by the exercise of reasonable care, have taken steps which would have avoided that harm and (iv) were their actions so connected with their employment as to render the defendant vicariously responsible for them.
I would simply add to (ii) that in this case the harm in question is psychiatric illness or injury. 10. As to the second the questions to be determined are:
As to the second the questions to be determined are: (i) did the claimant’s managers and/or members of the HR department know or ought they reasonably to have known that the claimant was being subjected to the conduct complained of, (ii) did they know or ought they reasonably to have known that that such conduct might cause the claimant psychiatric injury,
(iii) could they, by the exercise of reasonable care, have taken steps which would have avoided injury to the claimantTo learn more about bullying bosses, check out Show #23 with Dr Gary Namie and Show # 58 with Robert Mueller himself. To learn more about bullying bosses, check out and Don’t let the weasels get you down.
To learn more about bullying bosses, check out and Don’t let the weasels get you down.