Bullying and harassment
UiB and BIO have zero tolerance for bullying and sexual harassment in the workplace between employees and between employees and students.
Students should report unwanted incidents through their own whistleblowing channel. For more information regarding guidelines on conflicts, bullying, harassment and sexual harassment involving students at UiB, click here.
Employees can find information on how to report unwanted incidents through sikresiden.no and the HSE-gateway. UiB’s guidelines for
Bullying and harassment should not be reported as HSE non-conformities but should be handled in accordance with the current guidelines for whistleblowing. An electronic notification form can be used when reporting unwanted incident. It can otherwise be notified via safety representative, employee representative, colleague, lawyer or similar to a notification recipient.
Sikresiden.no provides information about preventing difficult situations and what to do in a crisis.
Conflict mangagement
Conflict management at BIO flows UiB’s guidelines for conflict management. The guideline does not specify a time frame for solving a conflict between two or more employees.
BIO has established a timetable that applies internally at the department. The specified time frame may vary depending on the severity of the conflict and the extent to which the Occupational Health Service assist in the process.
Employees who find themselves part of a conflict that they are unable to handle on their own must report it to their immediate manager with personnel responsibility (head of administration) or the head of the department.
Notification can also be made via safety delegate or employee representative
When safety representative has notified the manager of an ongoing conflict, the manager takes over the further handling of the case. Furthermore, the safety delegate must be kept informed of the progress in the case.
