A total of 120 instances of alleged workplace bullying have been reported so far on the government’s online reporting portal, while investigations into two of three such cases among government agencies are to be released soon, Executive Yuan Secretary-General Kung Ming-hsin (龔明鑫) said yesterday.
The three cases at government agencies involve the heads of the Department of Consumer Protection, the Department of Public Relations and the Secretariat, Kung told a meeting of the legislature’s Internal Administration Committee, adding that the former two are being investigated and would yield results this month.
The Cabinet has interviewed more than 10 people about the Secretariat case, which was anonymously reported, and found no concrete evidence, while 59 department personnel signed a petition saying that the complainant made a false accusation to discredit the department chief, he said.
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To enhance workplace safety for civil servants, the Examination Yuan’s Civil Service Protection and Training Commission has drafted amendments to the Regulations of Occupational Safety and Health Management (職業安全衛生管理辦法), with further details to be discussed with the Cabinet, Kung said.
The Directorate-General of Personnel Administration on Dec. 13 established an online reporting portal for civil servants and public-school personnel to report workplace bullying, he said.
Reports are encrypted before they are transferred to authorities for processing, with the receipt of complaints declared within three days and results given within a month, he said.
Reports in which the complainant is known that are being investigated total 120, with more than 50 involving central government agencies and more than 30 from local governments, he said, adding that the others involved schools.
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