Bullying has long been associated with children in the school playground. Teasing, name-calling, a push or a shove… When you finish school, you assume you leave all that behind. But what happens when a bully enters the workplace?
Last month, Dominic Raab sensationally quit the government after facing claims that he bullied and belittled staff. An investigation found he had acted with ‘unreasonable and persistently aggressive conduct’. Yet, despite claiming to be ‘genuinely sorry for any unintended stress or offence’, Raab said the inquiry had ‘set a dangerous precedent’. He had never ‘sworn or shouted at anyone, let alone thrown
