Disability Costs Rise

One disability management (return-to-work) company with which we partnered estimated that 18 percent of all claims were based on psychological stress attributable to workplace bullying.22 The majority of claims were based on a bullying boss. The average number of days bullied targets missed per claim was 159, which equals a lot of lost productivity.

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