Workplace Violence and Harassment: a European Picture
Workplace Violence and Harassment: a European Picture
Workplace Violence and Harassment: a European Picture
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<strong>Workplace</strong> <strong>Violence</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Harassment</strong>: a <strong>European</strong> <strong>Picture</strong>Table 5: Do you think that workplace violence, bullying <strong>and</strong> mobbing represent importantoccupational health concerns in your country? (n = 75)TOTAL%CountriesEU-15Countries%New EU-27Countries%Emp loyers’associations%StakeholdersTradeUnions%Government%Yes 65 74 53 43 74 69No 28 26 31 43 22 25Don’t know 7 0 16 14 4 6E u r o p e a n Ag e n c y f o r Sa f e t y a n d He a l t h a t Wo r kMedia publicityThe media is one way to increase awareness <strong>and</strong> it can, on occasions, act as apowerful catalyst for social action <strong>and</strong> reform. It can, for example, lead to thedevelopment of guidelines <strong>and</strong> widespread awareness of the problem, sometimeseven beyond national borders.Example: Awareness raising (Pol<strong>and</strong>)For many years the term ‘mobbing’ in Pol<strong>and</strong> was familiar only to a small circle ofexperts, <strong>and</strong> the problem of psychological violence in the workplace seemed tobe non-existent. It has all changed after one of the biggest Polish dailynewspapers, Gazeta Wyborcza, published a series of articles on this subject inMarch 2002. As a consequence, nationwide social discussion on psychologicalviolence at work has begun. The widespread character of the issue was stressed,as well as the fact that the situation on the labour market (high unemploymentrate) made it impossible for a subject of harassment to leave the workplace.39
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