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Who will protect us from the bullies?

Where there is a bullying problem there is also a lack of confidence in HR to tackle it - and it is their role to police personnel policies and ensure fair play, argues Blair Mcpherson

Bullying reports are coming in from every part of the public sector. I didn't imagine the NHS, Local Government, and Houses of Parliament were immune but I did assume they operated to a higher standard.

Is bullying more prevalent or is it that people are more willing to report it and less willing to tolerate it? I would like to think so but suspect that austerity has changed the way managers manage and not in a good way. 

 

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