Keyword: «harassment»

The article presents the analysis of the problem of bullying in the educational environment of the modern school; describes its causes and health risks of students. Describes the results of empirical research of peculiarities of manifestation of bullying among today's teenagers.

The article considers harassment as a form of discrimination in labor relations, its distinctive features and legal regulation of employees’ rights protection. The study is based on the analysis of specialized literature, Russian and foreign legislation, as well as judicial practice of national and international courts. It justifies the conclusion that it is necessary to concretize harassment criteria in normative legal acts in order to ensure the protection of the honor and dignity of a person.

The author's and official interpretations of harassment, its manifestations and correlation with related concepts are given. Empirical data on the population awareness on the problem of harassment are analyzed.