The goal of this paper is to present mobbing as a widespread, complex phenomenon that affects all areas of life of the individual, mobbing victim. The purpose is to define mobbing, it's types, phases, and consequences. This paper focuses on the national and international literature that deals with a comprehensive overview of mobbing and explains the term mobbing as all types of harassment in the workplace. The paper presents characteristics of victims and their abuser in the process of mobbing, and characteristics of companies in which mobbing occurs. The most common victims are quiet and withdrawn workers with lower levels of education. They are quiet, suffering and are often intimidated and suffer from feelings of inferiority which can be easily manipulated. The most common abusers are persons of specific personality traits, reduced capacity for love, joy, play, giving and sharing. It is important to mention the prevention of mobbing which consists of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Also, the work combines a variety of legal provisions such as the Croatian Constitution, the Labour Act, the Gender Equality Act and the Penal Code that attempt to regulate the rights and obligations of victims of abusers. Epidemiological data on the state of the world offers the possibility of comparison with the situation in Croatia. Examples of mobbing in the last few years indicate that mobbing is very much present in our daily lives and how a lot of people are struggling with this problem. The work has contributed to a better understanding of the problems of mobbing with data and knowledge about the prevalence of mobbing and it's influence on business and private life of the victim.