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Danger: UK at Work!

Cowling M, Sinclair A

Working Paper WP10, Institute for Employment Studies, February 2007
ISBN: 978-1-85184-373-2, pp. 15
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With the recent Lords ruling allowing employees to sue their bosses for negligence if they are subject to violence or harassment at work, we question whether UK employers are facing a potential glut of litigation in the courts from distressed employees. Our evidence shows that the UK has a very poor record in comparison to most core EU countries on violence and intimidation in the workplace, although it has cleaned up its act to a degree since the very violent 1990s. The evidence also suggests that employers should act decisively, and now, to prevent a wave of court cases under the new legislation. If they fail to address these issues they are potentially open to litigation from upwards of 4 million UK workers.

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