Commonwealth science organisation CSIRO must do more to combat bullying in its workplaces, an independent report has found.
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But the independent investigation has determined that the group is not a toxic workplace and that bullying or harassment is not widespread or systemic at the public service agency.
The report, by Emeritus Professor Dennis Pearce AO, has made 34 recommendations for the CSIRO to tackle bullying and harassment in the workplace after 110 former and current staff made submissions to the review.
Professor Pearce was drafted in to investigate CSIRO after the organisation was dogged for years by accusations of workplace bullying.
The Pearce inquiry has determined that while the organisation needs to become more proactive in dealing with allegations of unreasonable behaviour.
