ILO action on violence at work |
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The ILO’s action on the subject of workplace violence has been centred around its major publication,
the report Violence at work, which has recently been updated and improved in a second edition to take into account the new information emerging on a topic which is rapidly taking on great importance in the world of work.
The ILO official at that time who co-authored the book, Vittorio Di Martino, has since been consulted and called upon to give advice on the subject by a large number of constituents. He has given many press interviews, as well as speaking at meetings and conferences. [Currently David Gold, Senior Adviser, Psychsocial Factors covers the subject at SafeWork.]
The latest ILO initiative in this field, within the context of the SafeWork programme, is the development of a SafeWork training package on health and safety in small enterprises, initially targeted at drugs, alcohol, violence, stress, smoking and HIV, which are among the major threats to modern societies and are a great cause of concern to the ILO’s tripartite constituents. The package, which is under development, proposes a high road approach whereby investments in workers’ health, safety and well-being are not seen as just costs, but become an integral part of the economic sustainability and organizational development of enterprises, with particular reference to small- and medium-sized enterprises, where health promotion measures and programmes are much less common than in larger companies.
The package will be based on the expertise acquired by the ILO in each of the above areas, as well as its experience in developing participative prevention programmes in such fields as the prevention of drug and alcohol abuse. It is proposed that it will consist of an action manual with a module for each risk area, supported by a trainers’ manual. The package is being developed in close cooperation with the ILO’s International Training Centre in Turin. It will be submitted to donors with a view to its becoming a permanent programme at the Turin Centre and its implementation through field projects.
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