Begun in February 2006, the negotiations on harassment and violence at work started between European employers (Unice and CEEP) and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) stumbled on the question of violence committed on employees by people from outside the company. This blocking could end. The compromise worked out for that recognizes that third people can commit violence but provides for the application of some provisions of the agreement only when this is appropriate. (Ref. 070064)
For the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), it was out of question to not include in the field of the negotiation the acts violence or harassment made by people from outside the company, one of its objectives since the beginning of the negotiations. On the employers’ side (Unice), the negotiators did not have the mandate to deal with this question, but some employers’ federations were favorable to it, so they finally widened the negotiation in exchange for a flexible wording : certain pr
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