Swearing and Abusive Language at Work: Advice for Employers

[As first published in Personnel Today on 11 November 2003]

Alarm bells rang loud and clear when a senior employee, who was subjected to sustained verbal abuse from the CEO of his employer, was recently awarded £912,000. The case of Horkulak -v- Cantor Fitzgerald International [reported on the Workplacelaw Network on 1 August 2003] considers where the courts will draw the line on permissible language and prompts employers to reflect on what they should be doing to reduce exposure to such l... (564 more words)

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