One in five people have suffered violence, harassment at work: UN

The survey found that fewer than 55% of people who experienced it in the past five years had disclosed it to someone else. Photo: Heike Trautmann/Unsplash

More than one in five people in employment worldwide have experienced some form of workplace harassment or violence, according to a survey released by the United Nations on Monday.

"Violence and harassment at work is a widespread phenomenon around the world," the UN's International Labour Organisation said following the ILO's joint study with the safety charity Lloyd's Register Foundation and pollsters Gallup.