More than one in five people (almost 23 per cent) in employment have experienced violence and harassment at work, whether physical, psychological or sexual.
Entitled “Experiences of Violence and Harassment at Work: A global first survey” provides a sense of the extent of the problem and its different forms. It also looks at the factors that may prevent people from talking about their experiences, including shame, guiltor a lack of trust in institutions, or because such unacceptable behaviours are seen as “normal”.
The report found that only half of victims worldwide had disclosed their experiences to someone else, and often only after they had suffered more than one form of violence and harassment. The most common reasons given for non-disclosure were “waste of time” and “fear for their reputation”.
The groups most likely to be affected by different types of violence and harassment include youth, migrant workers, and wage and salaried women and men.
Manuela Tomei, ILO Assistant Director-General for Governance, Rights and Dialogue, said that “the report tells us about the enormity of task ahead to end violence and harassment in the world of work. I hope it will expedite action on the ground and towards the ratification and implementation of ILO Convention 190.”
The ILO’s Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) and Recommendation (No. 206) are the first international labour standards to provide a common framework to prevent, remedy and eliminate violence and harassment in the world of work, including gender-based violence and harassment.
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