According to research from TUC, almost a third of employees have been bullied at work. The poll, which was carried out by YouGov for TUC, found that 72% of bullying cases are carried out by line managers. The study also flagged women as the more likely gender (34%) to be the victims of bullying.
Whilst bullying should surely be anathema to HR, reporting by one alleged victim of repeated workplace bullying should have earnest practitioners shuddering as the perpetrator was apprently the Head of HR.
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