All about Human Resource Abuse
                     All about Human 
Resource Abuse
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What is Human resource 
abuse?
• Human resource refers to the workers of a 
company or organization.
• A worker can be abused or harassed by another 
fellow worker or a group of workers, which may 
cause distress to the former.
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Types of Abuse
• Workers can be subjected to many forms of abuse.
• It may be physical, verbal, sexual, discriminatory 
or psychological abuse.
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Physical and verbal 
harassment
• When a person is abused physically, in the form of 
physical violence like pushing, hitting etc. 
• Using hurtful words, racial slurs, using abusive 
language or derogatory gesture is also considered 
as abuse. 
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Sexual harassment
• When a person is harassed or abused in a sexual 
manner or may be threatened if favors are not 
given.
• Millions of women around the world face sexual 
abuse in their workplace.
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Cyberbullying
• Another form of abuse where a person may be 
threatened by spreading rumors, personal 
messages or intimate photos on social media, 
which may be bring shame to the person.
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Impact on Human resources
• Abuse and harassment can severely affect the 
workers’ health resulting in poor work productivity.
• It can cause health issues like stress, anxiety, 
insomnia etc. 
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Legal options
• Victims of abuse can approach the court to take 
action, but most fear to take any action, fearing 
more abuse, especially if the perpetrator is a 
powerful person.
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Creating awareness
• Companies and governments should create 
awareness about workplace abuse, encouraging 
victims to report abuse and create a friendly work 
environment for all.
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Prevention
• Employers should adopt a harassment prevention 
policy and make it easy for reporting abuse.
• Workers should avoid confrontation with abusive 
co-workers reasonably.
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