INJUSTICE AT WORK

INJUSTICE AT WORK

New Survey Spotlights Behavior Deemed Inappropriate In The Workplace

Turns out, its perilously easy to offend!

Patricia G. Barnes, J.D.
May 16, 2022
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Come on, we all know that alcohol use in the workplace is inapporpriate.

But did you know that three out of five workers are offended when co-workers use an emoji in work correspondence?

And roughly 84% of workers consider flirting to be inappropriate in the workplace?

These are among the results of a recent survey of 1,085 workers in the United Kingdom conducted by Search Laboratory in England and recently released in the U.S. by TollFreeForwarding.com, a telecommunications provider.

Here are some other finding deemed inappropriate in the workplace:

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