Some examples of psychological harassment include:
- Making rude, insulting or offensive remarks.
- Making gestures meant to scare a person; getting back at someone.
- Discrediting the person: spreading rumors, making fun of him, humiliating
him, calling into question his beliefs or his private life, shouting abuse
at him or sexually harassing him.
- Belittling the person: forcing him to do tasks that are belittling or below
his skills.
- Preventing the person from expressing himself: yelling at him, threatening him,
constantly interrupting him, not letting him speak to others.
- Isolating the person: no longer talking to him at all,
pretending he does not
exist, distancing him from
others.
- Making fun of a person’s beliefs, tastes and political choices.
2.2 Who is protected against psychological harassment?
Every employee in Quebec covered under the labour standards law is protected against psychological harassment at work.
The law also protects managers, construction workers, farm workers and live-in caregivers against psychological harassment.