TYPES OF ABUSE

A very common and often ignored type of abuse. This can occur in a number of ways:

a) Employer and employee abuse: where one party (usually the employer, though not always) forces the other into a submissive situation (and this can include sexual but is not limited to that) where the second party is forced to do things that are against their will or conscience that are not a part of the job description. Often this can be accompanied by implied threats of "losing their job" if they do not do as they are asked.

b) Staff to staff abuse: where more senior (though not always) staff force others, through some type of coercion, to do things they should not do or are against their will or conscience.

c) Workplace Initiation: While very similar to the previous one, it is a widespread practice in many large companies to "introduce" a new employee to "the ways of the company". These can range from harmless, though sometimes very embarrassing, pranks through to what could be deemed as actually dangerous in some way or another.