When HR receives a complaint about an employee bullying or harassing others in the workplace, a well-run internal investigation can help stop the problem.
With more employees required to return to the workplace instead of working remotely, there have been more complaints and investigations about bullying and harassment in the last year or two, said Julie Pate, an attorney and president of Employment Compliance Solutions in Broomfield, Colo.
Fierce political divisions in the country also have contributed to more complaints and investigations about bullying and harassment at work. With a presidential election next year, bullying could get worse "because people are talking about [political subjects] more at work," Pate said. Our workforce over the last five years has "gotten to the place where people are very divisive with each other. There is a lot of that divisiveness happening in our society with different views."
Sabina Menschel, CEO of global investigations firm Nardello & Co. in Washington, D.C., confirmed internal investigations of bullying are on the rise. "There really seems to be a zero-tolerance policy at companies for bad behavior more generally, and companies are not in a position to ignore problems brought to their attention," she said.
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