Survey: Six in 10 witness workplace bullying

Bullying including shouting, shoving, intimidation and threatening behaviour has been witnessed or suffered by almost six in 10 people at work, a survey claims.

In a survey of 2,000 workers, 37% said they had been bullied while another 21% said they had seen bullying being inflicted on a workmate.

Tight deadlines, personality clashes and office politics often caused tensions to run high but just 48% of workers said they did anything about the bullying, according to the survey commissioned by employment law specialists Slater and Gordon.