European Agency for Safety and Health at Work______________________________________________________________
31/01/2011:
fact that violence, bullying and harassment in many workplaces in Europe is increasingly common, a new report by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU -OSHA) out. The reaction of companies and national governments to be seen but often inappropriate.
Depending on country, industry and research method Leiden between 5 and 20% of European workers from violence by third parties. The report, "Workplace Violence and Harassment: a European Picture" (violence and harassment in the workplace: the situation in Europe is) ready to go international statistics from the EU-OSHA related European Monitoring Centre for occupational risks were raised. Like their recent pan-European job survey ESENER shows 40% of European managers with violence and harassment faced at work, but have them only about 25% - and in many EU countries, only 10% - procedure to this problem . meet Even more urgent is this problem in the health, welfare and education, where more than 50% of managers as a problem for the safety and Health protection is classified.
"Even if not all cases are registered, threaten violence and harassment from the security and welfare of workers in Europe significantly," said Jukka Takala, Director of the Agency. "Violence, verbal aggression or threats of workers by customers and patients are critical issues of health and safety. And the psychological consequences are sometimes more dangerous than physical injuries. Thus, harassment at work stress, long-term disability and even lead to suicide. Economic consequences are reduced productivity, increased disease-related Absenteeism, increased employee turnover and disability-related early retirement, often at a younger age. "
The report also shows that violence at work in many European countries there is not enough attention is paid, and that deal only very few specific initiatives to this issue. At the national level and for individual companies is therefore a need to raise awareness, and policies and procedures must be introduced to curb violence and harassment in the workplace and prevent.
The EU-OSHA has brought together policy makers, researchers and employers 'and workers' representatives in a two-day seminar, to discuss the challenges associated with effectively stemming the violence in the workplace, and to identify concrete new approaches to protect health and welfare of workers that are tailored to the specific needs of countries and companies. source
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Chairman of the Regional Committee on
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