This refers to acts that worsen a work environment or cause a worker mental or physical suffering due to the use an advantageous position such as one‘s status in the workplace, relationship, or other factor in a way that goes past an acceptable work level.
Article 2 – Prevention of and Responses to Hostile Work Environments
A ‘hostile work environment‘ is defined as follows.
01.Acts of physical assault or those that threaten physical assault
02.Repeated, continuous verbal abuse or violent language
03.Insulting language in front of other employees or online, acts of spreading rumors about one‘s private affairs, or other speech that damages one‘s reputation
04.Repeatedly demanding that one‘s personal affairs be handled without a suitable reason
05.Not acknowledging someone‘s work abilities or results without a fitting reason, or ridiculing someone
06.Collectively excluding someone, or excluding/ignoring someone in a way that prevents them from obtaining information related to work or leaves them out of a decision-making process without a justifiable reason.
07.Instructing someone to carry out tasks that are unrelated to the work stipulated in their employment contract, or demanding that someone do odd jobs for a sufficient period of time without a justifiable reason.
08.Not giving someone work for a considerable amount of time without a justifiable reason.
09.Causing someone mental or physical suffering that exceeds a reasonable level or considerably worsening one’s work environment.