What is victimisation – and how can businesses deal with it?

Victimisation in the workplace occurs when an individual is treated unfairly for making (or allegedly making) and/or supporting a complaint relating to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Victimisation also takes many forms such as micro-managing, raising unfounded performance concerns, isolating individuals, harassment, dismissal and bullying in the workplace or online.

Unfortunately, despite equality laws being in place, victimisation in the workplace still occurs, either through conscious or subconscious unfair treatment. The impact of this is that employers are losing good members of staff, seeing an effect on productivity, and having to face the time and cost of dealing with issues and claims.

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