The recession has seen a big increase in bullying at work, the Guardian has learned. One in 10 employees experience workplace bullying and harassment, according to the conciliation service Acas, while a survey by the union Unison reports that more than one-third of workers said they were bullied in the past six months, double the number a decade ago.
“The fact that bullying has doubled in the past decade is shocking,” said Dave Prentis, the general secretary of Unison.
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