Employees are using up their sick time to avoid a toxic workplace

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Misconduct, bullying and harassment in the workplace have been problems for employees long before the pandemic took hold, but while remote work may have gotten people out of the physical office, it didn’t rid employees of these concerning issues.

And employees are going to extremes to avoid toxic interactions: over the last 12 months, U.S. office workers took over 43 million sick days in order to avoid workplace misconduct, according to new research from Vault Platform, a tech company that helps employees and their organizations to track, report and resolve misconduct in the workplace.

Amanda Schiavo
Associate Editor

Amanda Schiavo is an associate editor of Employee Benefit News. Follow her on Twitter at @SchiavoAmanda.


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