Around a fifth of people believe that bullying is an issue in their workplace, a new survey has found.
Research conducted by YouGov on behalf of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) shows that 21 per cent of people think the matter is a concern where they work and 14 per cent have been bullied themselves.
Brendan Barber, general secretary of the TUC, said: "Every organisation needs to have an anti-bullying policy and every manager should ensure that there is zero-tolerance of bullying either by line managers or workmates."
The survey found that men (16 per cent) are more likely to be bullied than women (12 per cent), along with people earning between £20,000 and £60,000 (17 per cent).
Recently, a study by the union Unite found that bullying costs UK firms a total of £13.75 million each year because of absenteeism relating to the issue.
