Reframing Harassment as Occupational Safety and Health Issue - ILO Violence and Harassment Convention No. 190 Enters into Force in Germany on June 14

Abstract

In 2019, the International Labor Organization adopted the Convention No. 190 on Violence and Harassment at Work. The convention has been dubbed a milestone, since it implements a duty of each member state to address this topic through “an inclusive, integrated and gender-responsive approach”. This duty will apply to Germany from the 14th of June, when the convention enters into force. At the event of ratification, the German government expressed its opinion that “in order to meet the requirements of the Convention, no additions to national legislation are necessary.” We will demonstrate that this does not hold true.

Keywords

• AGG
• Discrimination
• Harassment
• ILO
• International Labor Law
• Labor Law