Bullying versus harassment

- Do you know the difference…between workplace bullying and harassment?…First, understand that bullying is the overarching concept…and harassment, discrimination, hazing, and mobbing…are subsets of bullying.…So, bullying refers to all of these negative behaviors.…Harassment and discrimination refer to bullying…aimed at a person because of a protected class.…Hazing refers to bullying for the goal…of initiating a person into a group.…Mobbing refers to a group of people bullying one person.…

There are four other areas for us to examine…in looking at the similarities…between bullying and harassment specifically.…The first is legality.…The Federal law or Title VII of the Civil Rights Act…defines harassment as…"unwelcome conduct that is based on race, color,…"religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin,…"age, disability, or genetic information."…These are called protected classes.…So, when a person is bullied…because they belong to one of these protected classes,…the behavior is called harassment and it's illegal.…

If the bullying is not connected to a protected class,…