"I Got a Raise": Why Mentioning Salary Led to Workplace Bullying Allegations

[Anchor] Is it true that a story about an employee being reported for workplace bullying after mentioning they received a pay raise is gaining attention?

[Reporter] Yes, this story recently appeared on an online community for office workers.

While the company as a whole had a salary freeze, the writer's team received a raise for exceeding their performance goals.

The issue began while the writer was having a meal with team members and discussing stocks, during which they mentioned, "My salary went up, so I used the extra funds to buy stocks."

A few days later, they were notified by the HR department that they had been reported as a perpetrator of workplace bullying.

The person who filed the report argued that mentioning the raise in front of employees whose salaries were frozen caused a sense of relative deprivation and mental distress.

It is reported that the HR team also advised the employee to be more careful in the future, although they were not subject to disciplinary action.

As the story spread, it sparked a heated debate online, with some arguing that "private conversations cannot be considered bullying," while others maintained that "sensitive topics like salary should be discussed with consideration for the organizational atmosphere."

Under the current Labor Standards Act, workplace bullying is determined by comprehensively considering whether someone used their position or relationship to their advantage, whether the act exceeded the reasonable scope of work, and whether the behavior was repetitive. Therefore, some suggest that this case is more of a misunderstanding than actual bullying.

(Source: Online Community)
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