Moral Harassment in The Workplace: Important Issues an Employer Must be Aware of in The Spanish Market.

Mondaq Business Briefing, June, 2004

Moral harassment, "mobbing" or "bossing" are expressions that refer to moral harassment in the work environment. Issues to be noted are

Ten percent of employees have been or will become victims of moral harassment some time during their working careers.

The financial impact for employers is very high1.

There has recently been an increase in "moral harassment" claims, due to a variety of difficult work situations being incorrectly described as moral harassment.

Legal Elements that Constitute Moral Harassment

Due to the fact that there are no legal provisions to define moral harassment, case law has construed it as:

Violence or extreme psychological ill treatment. The manifestation of moral harassment is an act of...