Overt or covert | Can your employees tell the difference between banter and bullying?

Nearly a third of UK workers have experienced bullying thinly veiled as ‘banter’ by the perpetrators, a study has found.

Leading law firm, Irwin Mitchell recently conducted a nationally representative study into workplace behaviour. The recently heightened awareness of quiet firing led the firm to investigate how workers feel they are treated in the workplace.

After surveying 2,179 people, Irwin Mitchell found:

• 32% of the UK have experienced bullying disguised as banter

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