A study by the International Labor Organization (ILO) found that 1 in 5 workers around the world have experienced bullying at work.
The ILO released a report on the 5th (local time) containing the findings of this investigation.
The ILO surveyed 125,000 people over the age of 15 in 121 countries around the world in collaboration with polling agencies Gallup and Lloyd's Foundation to investigate the actual situation of bullying in the workplace.
This is the first global fact-finding survey, with 74,000 people surveyed who were employed at the time of the survey.
According to the report, 22.8% of workers worldwide have experienced at least one form of physical or psychological harassment at work.
Cases of physical violence or harassment reached 8.5%.
Physical harm was more likely to be experienced by men than by women, the report said.
Psychological bullying was the most common form of victimization for both male and female workers.
17.9% of those surveyed said they had suffered psychological bullying.
6.3% of workers who responded that they had experienced sexual violence or sexual harassment were harassed.
By gender, 8.2% of female workers and 5.0% of male workers answered that they had experienced sexual violence or harassment.
The report diagnosed that "younger women than younger men and migrant women than non-migrant women were each twice as likely to experience sexual violence or harassment in the workplace."
"Those who experienced discrimination based on gender, disability, nationality, ethnicity, color, religion, etc. were more likely to experience workplace harassment than those who did not," it pointed out.