15.6% of victims of workplace bullying ”went through extreme choices”

Three in 10 office workers said they had experienced harassment in the workplace in the past year, and 15.6% said they had even considered making extreme choices.
The civic group Workplace Bullying 119 commissioned Global Research, a public opinion survey agency, to conduct a survey of people aged 19 or older nationwide from February 14 to 23.
A survey of 1,000 people revealed that 30.5% had experienced workplace harassment in the past year.
The specific harassment was "insults and defamation" (17.5%), "unfair instructions
" (17.3%), "Coercion outside of work" (16.5%), "Assault and verbal abuse" (15.5%), and "Bullying and discrimination" (13.1%).
They were also more likely to have suffered insults and defamation (20%/15.8%), assaults and verbal abuse (19.3%/13%), and bullying and discrimination (16.8%/10.7%).
When asked about the severity of bullying, 46.6% answered "severe." This response was more prevalent among non-regular employees (56.8%) than among non-regular employees (56.8%).
%), central and local public institutions (61.1%), 5 to 30 employees (55.8%), and fewer than 5 employees (48.7%). By age, 61.2% of respondents were in their 20s, which was lower than the average.
The percentage of workers who worked 52 hours or more per week who reported experiencing harassment was 41.3%, more than 10% higher than the average.
When asked whether they had ever considered extreme options such as suicide due to harassment in the workplace, 15.6% answered "yes."
When asked who bullied them, the most common answer was "advance staff, not executives" at 38.4%, followed by colleagues in similar positions.
In order, the most common responses were "I put up with it or pretended not to know" at 57.7%, followed by "users" (17%) and "subordinates" (3.3%).
32.5% of respondents said they “protested individually or with colleagues,” 19.3% said they “quit their jobs,” 12.1% said they “reported to their company or labor union,” and 10.6% said they “reported to the Ministry of Employment and Labor, the National Human Rights Commission, the National Civil and Civil Rights Commission, etc.”
"I reported it to the relevant authorities" was the second most common response, at 2.6%, followed by "Other" at 2%. Yoon Ji-yeong, a lawyer representing Workplace Bullying 119, said, "Although there has been a steady improvement since the implementation of the 'Workplace Harassment Prohibition Law,'
Regardless of the situation, those in vulnerable positions with unstable employment and poor working conditions find it difficult to experience the effects of the law and are forced to make extreme choices.
"In addition to improving the system to fulfill obligations, we need general measures to improve the working conditions of workers at small businesses and non-regular employees and guarantee their status."