2025 State of Workplace Harassment Report
2025-03-06 | Resource
Traliant surveyed over 2,000 full-time employees in the US to assess the reality of workplace harassment and employee opinions on how their employers are prioritizing harassment prevention. The findings of our 2025 State of Workplace Harassment Report reveal the prevalence of harassment in the workplace and how workers perceive, respond to and report different experiences.
The report offers insights into the resources and training that employers need to provide to create safer workplaces, and addresses critical gaps in addressing workplace harassment prevention and reporting, including:
- More than half (52%) of Gen Z employees reported they had witnessed workplace harassment happen to another employee in the last five years, compared to only 33% of Boomers
- Only 51% of respondents said they would report an incident of harassment if they had to use their name
- 49% of employees would not report harassment at all if there were not anonymous reporting channels or due to fears of retaliation, worries of reputational harm, or lack of awareness on internal processes
- 32% of women reported that they were either not very, or not at all, satisfied with the outcome of how their employer handled reports of harassing incidents compared to 20% of men
Report methodology
The independent market research firm Researchscape conducted a survey of over 2,000 US-based employed adults (18+) at companies with 100 to 1000+ employees. Conducted in October 2024, the survey covered hospitality, healthcare, retail and industrial/manufacturing industries, as well as office settings.