'Speak up' | Is HR responsible for tackling bullying? Employees have their say

Half of UK employees have either been bullied at work, or witnessed bullying among their colleagues, new research has found. And when it comes to the issue of who should lead the charge against bullying at work, opinions are split.

Employment law experts Wright Hassall commissioned a survey of over 1,000 employees in the UK on the topic of bullying, and uncovered some interesting findings.

When asked who was responsible for fixing the problem, the survey found that 13% of people weren’t sure. Younger age groups (18-24 and 25-34) put more emphasis on HR sorting out bullying (34.90% and 37.10%, respectively) than the older respondents, who average 26.7% think it should be HR to take the lead.

The research found that a disparity in responses when the figures were broken down by gender - 47.8% of men comp[ared with 59% of women said they had been bullied or witnessed bullying.