If you don’t believe that workplace conflict costs businesses massive amounts of money, take a look at these statistics:
- 30%-40% of supervisors’ and managers’ daily activities are devoted to dealing with conflicts in the workplace
- $700,000 is the average jury award in wrongful termination lawsuits
- $80,000 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission discrimination charges are filed annually
- $162,000 is the average cost of litigating an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claim
- $58,000 is the average amount paid on a sexual harassment complaint
- 55% of employment claims result in money awards to employees
- $2.7 million is the average amount of punitive damages awarded in employment cases
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