Workplace bullying has existed since the 1960’s, evident because Congress signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964 which made discrimination – the most common form of bullying – illegal. Even with bright EEOC posters adorning breakrooms across the nation, employers and some employees find creating hostility within the workplace is too tempting not to try.
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Bullying, Regardless of Intention, Is Never Ok
Spending years on education and training, employees dedicated to their respective disciplines don’t sign up to get bullied, discriminated or isolated. But it happens, perhaps way too frequently. The Workplace Bullying Institute, an organization that closely monitors and helps train workplaces to spot then eliminate workplace hostility, found in 2017 that:- Persons of Hispanic descent are bullied more than others
- Roughly 60 million Americans feel the effects of workplace bullying
- As a collective, 65% of those bullied are forced to find new jobs
- Six out of ten bullied persons are women
- 23% of employers, when made aware, assist the perpetrator
- Out of every 100 employers, only 6 take immediate action against the bully