LRD guides and handbook February 2019

Tackling bullying and harassment at work - a guide for union reps and workers

Chapter 2

2. The scale of bullying and harassment at work

[ch 2: page 16]

Bullying and harassment is among the top five concerns for trade union safety reps, according to the TUC’s 2018 biennial safety reps survey, and second only to stress. Forty five per cent of reps responding to the survey reported bullying and harassment as a top five concern. This increased to 63% of reps in local government and 71% of reps in central government.

TUC, TUC biennial survey of safety representatives 2018 https://www.tuc.org.uk/sites/default/files/Safety%20Reps%20report%202018.pdf

Over recent months, the TUC, unions and other organisations have published research showing the scale of bullying and harassment at work. This includes the following: