Business insurance holders are being increasingly hard on staff due to the recession, an expert has claimed.

Ruth Spellman, chief executive of the Chartered Management Institute, stated that she believes as management come under more pressure from business insurance holders', they will pass the strain onto their workers.

But she does not think this gives anyone the right to bully or harass people and using the economic situation to account for the withering of relations is wrong.

Ms Spellman said: "Retaining and developing talented individuals is key to business success, so managers need to focus on creating a talent culture to ensure that employees are nurtured."

And she noted that high targets and increased pressure to perform could give rise to an increasingly dominant managerial style.

Her comments came after the release of research by law firm Speechly Bircham and King's College, which showed that 39 per cent of human resources workers cite the collapse of camaraderie as the main reason grievances were lodged last year.

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