Addressing violence and harassment at work

Resources for EBMOs

• International labour standards
  • Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190)
  • The ILO’s Violence and Harassment Recommendation, 2019 (No. 206) provides non-binding guidelines on how to implement Convention No. 190.
• Training
  • How to prevent and address violence and harassment at work: A training course for enterprises (2024). The course is intended for delivery by EBMOs, who can amend it to suit the specific needs and circumstances of their members. The training manual has several templates which can also be adapted, including enterprise policies, a staff survey, as well as a risk assessment tool.
  • This short promotional video provides more information on the above training course. The video can easily be amended by EBMOs. For instance, they can add their logo. The video can then be used to promote the training course to members.
    
• Guides
  • Violence and harassment at work: A practical guide for employers (2022)

  The guide helps enterprises to better control the risks and minimize the negative impacts that violence and harassment brings to the workplace.

  • Violence and harassment in the world of work: A guide on Convention No. 190 and Recommendation No. 206 (2021)

  This guide sheds light on definitions, core principles and measures enshrined in the two labour standards, including implications for employers.

  
  

• Research
  • Experiences of violence and harassment at work: A global first survey (2022)

  The report provides, for the first time, a global overview of people’s own experiences of violence and harassment at work.

• Promotional material
  • This short video for enterprises sets out the business case for preventing and addressing violence and harassment at work.
  • South Africa’s Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) Response Fund brings together enterprises to contribute to the national response to gender-based violence and harassment. Together, these businesses address violence and harassment issues more widely and have a positive impact beyond individual workplaces. This short video sets out how the GBVF Response Fund was set up, what it does, and the impact to date.
  • The ILO has developed a campaign toolkit which EBMOs can use to encourage their governments to ratify Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190). The campaign toolkit includes social media materials, animations, PowerPoint templates, posters, and more. The materials are available in multiple languages, and many can be amended and adapted by EBMOs to suit their specific context.