40% of employment enquiries last year related to bullying

Four in ten of all employment enquiries to one firm in 2009 were related to bullying. Contact Law, a solicitor-finding service, says that out of the 14,130 enquiries it received from employees relating to employment in 2009, 5,652 were in part related to bullying. It warns that the number could become higher still as more claims feed through due to the stress caused by two years of severe recession.

Dan Watkins, Director of Contact Law says that although employers have been aware abou... (364 more words)

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