Employment law experts urged employers to tackle bullying in the workplace, as National Ban Bullying Week 2009 took place this week.
Employment law experts urged employers to tackle bullying in the workplace, as National Ban Bullying Week 2009 took place this week.
A Unison survey of 7,000 workers found more than one in three had suffered bullying in the last six months.
Mamoon Chaudhary, partner at Oxley and Coward Solicitors in Rotherham, says: “If there’s a problem, [employers] need to take action and deal with negative behaviour. As well as avoiding the cost of employment tribunals, a good working environment pays dividends all round.”
