Violence against workers increased during the pandemic – our research shows how it affected them

By Kara Ng, Presidential Fellow in Organisational Psychology, University of Manchester
Sheena Johnson, Senior Lecturer in Organisational Psychology, University of Manchester

For weeks of lockdown in the UK and beyond, people took part in nightly applause for healthcare staff and carers. Many expressed gratitude for other frontline workers: waste management workers, bus drivers, retail employees and others performing services that were deemed “essential” to a functioning society.

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