Almost 35% of cases taken to WRC cite bullying as reason for unfair dismissal

Male employees much more likely to bring cases involving bullying, harassment or victimisation to the Work Relations Commission

In almost half of bullying cases (49%) the alleged perpetrators were male, while a fifth (21%) cited women as the perpetrators.

Almost 35% of unfair dismissal cases taken to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) involve workplace bullying, with male employees much more likely to bring their case involving either bullying, harassment or victimisation to the WRC.

That’s according to new research carried out by Dr. Angela Mazzone and Geraldine Kiernan in DCU which also found that males were more likely to be the alleged perpetrators of a bullying case.