Workplace Bullying and Harassment - JILPT Report No. 12 - Foreword and seminar proceedings

Sep 24, 2026

JILPT Report No. 12 compiles papers from the International Seminar on Workplace Bullying and Harassment held in Tokyo on 27–28 February 2013. The foreword explains the seminar’s two-day structure with academics and labor experts, aiming to compare conditions and ideas across selected countries and the EU, and to stimulate research and policy-making in Japan. It also highlights Japan’s evolving recognition of the issue after the 2011 council was established.

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Foreword

EU and Finland

Sweden

France

United Kingdom

Germany

Korea

Japan

Canada

United States

| | JILPT REP | ORT | No. 12
2013 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | Workplace | Bullying and H | arassment | | | – 2013 JILPT Se | minar on Workplace Bullying an | d Harassment – | | | The Ja | pan Institute for Labour Policy | and Training | Workplace Bullying and Harassment ~~ ~~ 2013 JILPT Seminar on Workplace Bullying and Harassment ~~ ~~ JILPT REPORT No. 12 2013 The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training Copyright © The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training 2013 All rights reserved. Published by The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training 2013 8-23, Kamishakujii 4-chome, Nerima-ku, Tokyo, 177-8502 Japan Telephone: 81-3-5991-5188 Facsimile: 81-3-3594-1113 Printed in Japan Foreword The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT) held the International Seminar on Workplace Bullying and Harassment in Tokyo on the 27th and 28th of February 2013. We planned a two-day seminar with academics and experts in the field of labor issues. The main purpose of the seminar was to share the situation and ideas for tackling workplace bullying and harassment in selected countries (the UK, France, Germany, Sweden, the US, Canada, Korea and Japan) and the EU, as well as stimulating research activities and policy-making in Japan through cross-national discussions and exchange of views. In Japan, the Government finally set up Council on Issues of Workplace Bullying and Harassment in the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in July 2011 to think about national policies against this issue which we should have in the future. The existence of workplace bullying is just started to be recognized and few researches on this issue have been done so far in Japan. To address the problem of workplace bullying and harassment, it is essential that we gain an accurate picture and precise evaluation of actual conditions based on international comparative research. In this respect, the seminar was a great success, with much thought-provoking discussion and insight into the problem and measures against workplace bullying and harassment in each country from a comparative aspect. This report is a compilation of the papers presented to the seminar. We very much hope that these reports will provide useful and up-to-date information and important policy implications. Lastly, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to the foreign guests at the seminar, who submitted excellent national papers, for all their cooperation. June 2013 Kazuo Sugeno President The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training Table of Contents Foreword 1. EU and Finland 2. Sweden 3. France 4. United Kingdom 5. Germany 6. Korea 7. Japan Workplace Bullying and Harassment in the EU and Finland Maarit Vartia-Väänänen Finnish Institute of Occupational Health ················ 01 Workplace Bullying and Harassment in Sweden: Mobilizing against Bullying Margaretha Strandmark Karlstad University ········································· 23 Workplace Bullying and Harassment in France and Few Comparisons with Belgium: a Legal Perspective Löic Lerouge University of Bordeaux ···································· 39 Workplace Bullying in United Kingdom Helge Hoel The University of Manchester ···························· 61 Workplace Bullying and Harassment in Germany Martin Wolmerath Lawyer University of Applied Sciences Georg Agricola Bochum and Technical University of Ilmenau ········· 77 Workplace Bullying and Harassment in South Korea Sookyung Park Graduate School of Waseda University ················· 91 Workplace Bullying in Japan Shino Naito The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training ·· 113 8. Canada Addressing Workplace Bullying and Harassment in Canada, Research, Legislation, and Stakeholder Overview: Profiling a Union Program Susan Coldwell Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union (NSGEU) ······································

FAQs

What is the main purpose of the 2013 JILPT International Seminar on workplace bullying and harassment?

It was designed to share the situation and ideas for addressing workplace bullying and harassment across selected countries and the EU, while stimulating research activities and policy-making in Japan through cross-national discussion and exchange of views.

Which countries and regions were included in the seminar discussions?

The foreword lists the UK, France, Germany, Sweden, the US, Canada, Korea and Japan, as well as the EU, as the selected comparison contexts.

How did Japan’s government address workplace bullying and harassment during this period?

The foreword states that in July 2011 the Government set up a council within the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to consider national policies against workplace bullying and harassment for the future.

Sep 24, 2026

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