When Refusal of Leave Is Considered Mobbing: Signs of Psychological Pressure at Work
Mobbing is a form of psychological violence in the workplace, manifested in prolonged and systematic harassment of an employee, humiliation of their authority, and creation of a hostile atmosphere, often with the aim of forcing the person to resign.
At the same time, not all actions of the employer or management can be considered mobbing. In particular, changing essential working conditions due to changes in the organization of production and labor, transferring an employee to another job due to staff reduction or downsizing, as well as withholding a bonus in case of failure to perform assigned work or lack of personal contribution to the results of activity, are not considered harassment.
Also, mobbing does not include holding an employee disciplinarily responsible for violations of labor discipline, dismissal for absenteeism or being at work under the influence of alcohol, refusal to grant leave outside the approved schedule, as well as refusal to grant unpaid leave, remote or home-based work, establishment of part-time work or flexible working hours if there are no legal grounds for this.
At the same time, the State Labor Service points out that signs of mobbing may include excessive or uneven workload on an employee, unequal pay for equal work, unjustified refusal to provide professional development, as well as unreasonable deprivation of bonuses, additional payments, or other incentives.
Manifestations of mobbing may also include transferring an employee to another job or changing essential working conditions without legal grounds, refusal to grant annual leave according to the schedule, as well as refusal to grant unpaid leave in cases where such a right is guaranteed by Article 25 of the Law "On Leaves."
Furthermore, mobbing may be considered forcing an employee to stay at the workplace during lunch breaks or after the end of the working day, requiring to write a resignation letter, or unjustified refusal to dismiss at the employee's own request.
Previously, the "Judicial and Legal Newspaper" wrote about where to apply and how to collect evidence of mobbing at work.
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