Irish workers are unhappy

IRELAND has one of the highest rates of employee disaffection in the world, according to a study of workplace conflict.

Over a third of Irish employees face conflict up to but excluding industrial action on a regular basis, according to the survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) and business psychology firm OPP Ltd.

They questioned 5,000 employees in Ireland as well as in Britain, Brazil, Germany, US, France, Netherlands Denmark and Belgium about workplace conflict.