{"id":72249,"date":"2026-10-26T14:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T13:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/?p=72249"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T13:40:12","slug":"workplace-bullying-should-be-included-in-occupational-risk-assessments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/workplace-bullying-should-be-included-in-occupational-risk-assessments\/","title":{"rendered":"Workplace Bullying Should Be Included in Occupational Risk Assessments"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 5 November 2026, amendments to the Polish Labour Code will enter into force that significantly change the provisions governing workplace bullying (mobbing<\/em>).<\/p>\n

One of the most important changes is the introduction of a new Article 94\u00b3a of the Labour Code, which sets out rules for preventing workplace bullying, discrimination, breaches of the principle of equal treatment and violations of employees’ dignity and personal rights. These rules apply to employers with at least 10 employees.<\/p>\n

The rules, procedures and frequency of measures aimed at preventing each of these forms of undesirable conduct must be specified in the relevant workplace regulations, unless they are already addressed in a collective labour agreement or the work regulations.<\/p>\n

Although the amendments do not expressly impose an obligation on employers to include workplace bullying and other forms of undesirable conduct in occupational risk assessments, this obligation already arises from the employer’s existing duty to provide employees with safe and hygienic working conditions.<\/p>\n

Workplace bullying is one of the most destructive risks to employees’ psychological well-being. Measures to prevent bullying, which have until now been addressed almost exclusively through compliance frameworks, should now also be incorporated into occupational health and safety (OHS) practices.<\/p>\n

Following these amendments, an employer’s model approach should therefore involve the following steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Identifying psychosocial hazards<\/strong> and preparing a draft occupational risk assessment that takes these hazards into account.<\/li>\n
  2. Consulting on the draft risk assessment<\/strong> with the workplace trade union organisation or employee representatives.<\/li>\n
  3. Implementing comprehensive rules and procedures<\/strong> to prevent such risks, together with targeted training to equip managers with the necessary skills to intervene and manage potential risks.<\/li>\n
  4. Introducing preventive measures<\/strong> to eliminate risks wherever reasonably possible, or otherwise minimise them.<\/li>\n
  5. Monitoring and reviewing the effectiveness of preventive measures<\/strong> and revising the process whenever necessary.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Find more articles in\u00a0PRO HR October 2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    On 5 November 2026, amendments to the Polish Labour Code will enter into force that significantly change the provisions governing workplace bullying (mobbing). One of the most important changes is the introduction of a new Article 94\u00b3a of the Labour Code, which sets out rules for preventing workplace bullying, discrimination, breaches of the principle of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[77],"class_list":["post-72249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bez-kategorii","tag-monika-czekanowicz"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72249"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72250,"href":"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72249\/revisions\/72250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}