Workplace violence and harassment

When

Wednesday, November 13, 2024
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m

Wo

Parkhotel Brunauer
Elisabethstraße 45a
5020 Salzburg

Organizer:
AK Salzburg

Current situation, opportunities and necessary measures

Austria recently ratified ILO Convention 190. This provides for legal bans and comprehensive strategies to combat violence and harassment in the world of work. Despite high protection standards in Austria, studies show that violence and harassment in the workplace are still widespread – especially in female-dominated industries.

As part of this event, we want to take a closer look at the current situation regarding violence and harassment in the workplace and explore preventive options at the industry and company level.

PROGRAM

• 10:00 a.m. welcome
  Deputy Director MMag.a Dr. Eva Stöckl
• 10:15 a.m. Lecture
  ILO No. 190: Paving the way for a working world without violence and harassment: Origin, content, challenges in Austria
  (Speaker: Mag.a Ruth Ettl – lawyer, social policy department, AK Vienna)
• 11:00 a.m. Lecture
  Violence in the workplace – numbers, data, facts
  (Presenter: Mag.a Ines Grössenberger, Consultant for Women’s Policy, Social Policy Department, AK Salzburg)
• 11:20 a.m. Lecture
  Workplace violence and harassment. Prevention from the perspective of employee protection
  (Presenter: Mag.a Karin Hagenauer, industrial psychologist, ANS and working conditions department, social policy department, AK Salzburg)

11.45 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. BREAK (with meals)

• 12.30 p.m. Lecture
  Why protection concepts against sexual harassment are needed. Experiences and solutions from the catering industry in Vienna
  (Speaker: Mag.a Eva Burger, Head of the Women and Family Department, AK Vienna)
• 1:15 p.m. panel discussion
  Mag.a Ines Grössenberger, Ulrike Lamprechter (Labour Inspectorate Salzburg), Dr. Lorenz Huber (Head of Social and Labor Law in the WK Salzburg), Ulrike Legner (Women’s Secretary, VIDA union)
• 2 p.m. End of the event and campaign on the occasion of “16 days against violence against women”