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The City of Helsinki is the largest employer in Finland. During the last decades, Finland, especially Helsinki, has become more multicultural and multiethnic due to increasing international migration. The aim of this thesis was to examine whether migrant employees have observed and experienced more workplace bullying than their Finnish-born colleagues, and whether gender, age, education or being bullied in childhood might affect this association. The Helsinki Health Study, a questionnaire survey conducted in 2017, was used. In total, 5898 the City of Helsinki employees between ages 19 to 39 responded to the survey; of them, seven per cent had been born abroad. The methods used in the analysis were cross-tabulations and binary logistic regression. The results were broadly in line with previous studies. After adjusting for different characteristics, migrant employees were more likely to experience workplace bullying than their Finnish-born colleagues. In addition, women and the less educated reported workplace bullying more often than men and the highly educated. The highest risk of workplace bullying was found for those who had also experienced childhood bullying. The additional analysis revealed a higher likelihood to experience bullying for migrants born in Africa, the Middle East, and Russia. No difference was found in observing workplace bullying between Finnish-born and all migrants, but according to additional analysis, those who had immigrated to Finland from Africa and the Middle East had observed workplace bullying more often than those who had been born in Finland. The study provides further evidence that immigrant status is associated with a higher likelihood of workplace bullying among 19- to 39-year-old municipal employees. Further investigation is required to unfold the tendencies between different ages and education levels, sectors, and genders, so that workplace bullying can be tackled more effectively. When there are enough respondents, more precise comparisons can be made between migrants of different countries of origin. Workplace bullying in multicultural work communities should be studied with even more versatile methods, especially paying attention to the means that could be used to effectively and permanently reduce the bullying experienced by migrants. With the increasing shortage of labour force, especially in the health and social care sector, diversity at workplaces will increase in Finnish workplaces, and the wellbeing of all employees needs more attention.