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September 6, 2008 8:24 PM
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Middle-aged men earning between
20,000 and 60,000 pounds ($43-$130,000) in Britain's sprawling public sector are most likely to get bullied at work, according to a survey which showed one in seven workers have faced abuse.
The YouGov survey for the Trades Union Congress (TUC) showed more than a fifth of workers say bullying is a problem where they work.
"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," said Brendan Barber, TUC general secretary.
Nearly a fifth of public sector staff say they have
been bullied, compared with just over one in 10
in the private sector and eight in every 100 doing
voluntary work.
"It is not the low paid who are most likely to say
they are bullied," the survey said. "Those earning
less than 20,000 pounds report much less bullying
than those earning between 20,000 and 60,000."
And 16 per cent of men, compared to 12 per cent of
women, say they have had to put up with abuse in
the workplace, with 45 to 54 year olds most often
targeted.
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