
職場霸凌誰發難?
Nearly two-thirds of employees are bullied at work and no one is talking about it.
有近三分之二的上班族遭職場霸凌,卻無人問聞。
A recent study by employment website Yes123 has revealed that while 62% of workers in Taiwan are bullied or abused, only 12.4% defend themselves.
Yes 123人力銀行最近調查顯示,雖然台灣有62%上班族曾碰過職場霸凌或辱罵,卻只有12.4%的人會反擊。
reveal(v.)顯示;揭露=suggest=indicate=showabuse(v.)辱罵;誹謗;虐待;傷害defend(v.)保護;防衛;為…辯護
The data showed that unacceptable office behavior affects both men and women, with 59.7% of men and 64.6% of women reporting mistreatment by their employers or coworkers.
資料顯示,男女上班族都會遭到職場霸凌,59.7%男性職員和64.6%女性職員曾遭上司或同事霸凌。
unacceptable(adj.)令人無法接受的、不能同意的mistreatment(n.)虐待;不當對待=unfair treatment
Bullies appeared throughout the corporate ladder: most of them are colleagues (75.7%), followed by supervisors (42%), customers (31.1%), and management (28.6%).
公司各階層的人都可能是霸凌者,依序為同事(75.7%)、主管(42%)、顧客(31.1%),以及管理階層(28.6%)。
corporate ladder公司階層move up the corporate ladder升遷;升職followed by…緊接在後的是…
Bullying is also a problem for job applicants.
不少求職者也會遇到霸凌問題。
job applicants求職者
More than 30% said that they were mistreated during an interview, saying that their interviewers used rude language or asked inappropriate questions about their love lives.
超過30%的人表示曾在面試時遭到不當對待,面試人員言語粗暴,或詢問如感情史等不恰當的問題。
mistreat(v.)虐待;不公平地對待inappropriate(adj.)不恰當的
Women were the most affected here; 43.8% reported harassment in an interview compared to 25.5% for men.
其中女性受到最大影響,43.8%表示曾在面試時遇到騷擾,相較之下男性比例為25.5%。
affect(v.)影響harassment(n.)騷擾power harassment職權騷擾sexual harassment性騷擾compared to~相較於…
Yes123 also found that 76.4% of the men and women would not protest on the spot even though their interviewer had physically or verbally assaulted them.
Yes123也發現,其中76.4%在面試遭到肢體或言語騷擾時,也不會立即抗議。
protest(v.)抗議on the spot當場;立即=immediatelyeven though(conj.)雖然assault(v.)攻擊;襲擊
Yes123 reminded job seekers that they do not have to answer any questions about their personal lives, adding that they should ask interviewers who raised inappropriate questions how these questions are related to the job.
Yes123人力銀行提醒求職者,面試時不必回答任何與個人隱私相關的問題,在面試人員提出不恰當的問題時,可以反問對方「該問題與應徵工作的關係」。
job seekers 求職者be related to~和…有關
Employers are also legally obliged to report any cases of sexual harassment and can be fined up to NTD500,000 dollars should they fail to do so.
雇主在法律上也有義務通報任何性騷擾案件,若未依法辦理最高可處50萬罰鍰。
be obliged to RV有義務做…fine(v.)處罰金、罰鍰(n.)罰金;罰鍰fail to RV無法做到…