Get to the bottom of bullying: Tigers presidentTigers president Peggy O’Neal joins Hawthorn boss Jeff Kennett in calling for answers on the AFL “toxic” workplace.
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Richmond president Peggy O’Neal says allegations of bullying and harassment in the AFL are a “terrible concern” but league chief Gillon McLachlan insists the sport does not try and silence victims or complainants.
The Australian has reported that 14 former employees over the past nine years, including one man, had left AFL House, AFL state associations and AFL clubs due to harassment, bullying or poor behaviour.
It has been reported that 11 signed confidentiality agreements, an issue which has again raised questions about how the league handles disgruntled employees.
O’Neal said on Friday that she was concerned about the allegations.
“I am and I think more so if reports like that were coming out of my club, I would want to get to the bottom of it. I would want to know how it was not made public or wasn’t as transparent,” O’Neal said on ABC radio.
“I think it is a concern. I don’t have any of the facts … but it’s a terrible concern in a time when we want the sport to be open and welcoming to everyone that there are women who allegedly have been treated poorly and if I were the AFL Commission I would want to get to it as quickly as possible.”
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