Annual increase in order of 39% are marked by complaints of incidents of violence and harassment at work, according to the new report of the activities of the competent department of Work Inspection.
According to the announcement, even more impressive is the growth rate of three years (2022-2024), reaching 110%, from 151 to 318 complaints in 2024.
For another year, the great majority (88%) of complaints concerns incidents of violence (verbal and physical) and harassment (moral and psychological) and 12% in sexual harassment, emphasizing their timeless indication of them because of their particularity and difficulty in their proof.
However, in 2024, a hypotension of sexual harassment cases was recordedas from 12 in 2023 they reached 38.
As the boss of the independent part of the Labor Inspectorate In order to monitor violence and harassment at work, Georgia Vazaki, “It is a primary concern to make it clear throughout the world of work that visibility in unacceptable violent and harassment behaviors is steadily increasing, with the utilization of the current protective framework, but also through actions, The confidence of the citizens. It is the duty of all of us to achieve coordinated actions in all areas of our daily lives, so that we can not only ensure a world of work without violence and harassment, but a whole society that has set the foundations of zero -tolerance demonstration in such behaviors.
Men among the victims
The vast majority of the complainants-affected by incidents of sexual harassment, which were included in 2024 and complaints of three men and a transgender personstill has a female sign, As 34 of the 38 related complaints are affected by women.
As for the gender of the complainant, this continues to bears a male character, as well as in 38 Related cases allegedly the perpetrator of complained sexual behaviors harassment was a man.
Social stereotypes, lack of support, ignorance or devaluation of the problem and fears of retaliation, are reasons why men usually do not report any harassment they receive.
And in 2024 the first place in complaints of general incidents of violence and harassment at work were held by companies operating in the wholesale and retail sectors of 28%. They followed with 26% of those hotels and catering, which largely cover the range of services provided in tourism. The health, food industry, storage, cleaning and others industry and others are following much lower rates.
Regarding the gender of the affected workers on all complaints for 2024, 66% were women and 34% men.
The percentages of the sex of the complainant person, where men hold at 70%, continue to be reversed. As noted in the announcement, the increased annual basis of men’s appearance as the persons who cause harassment behaviors suggests that in some workplaces continue to be a work reality traditional mentalities of male sex supremacy.
Specifically, in a total of 318 complaints in 2024:
- 99 were resolved by taking appropriate and similar measures, following the relevant business compliance recommendations and relevant monitoring of their implementation, ie 31%.
- 21 were canceled either due to non -representation during the defined discussion of the complainants or due to a written revocation of the latter, especially when the resolution was resulted between the parties, in view of the scheduled discussion before our services, or because, during the discussion, no further incidents were analyzed and further analyzed in the discussion. Law 4808/2021.
- In 124 cases (39%), the conductor has been recorded by the conductor of the inspector of labor relations, a reasoned opinion of an appeal to the competent courts on the one hand because of conflicting allegations on disputed real and legal issues, which need to be judged by the judicial assessment of his or her. Incomplete evidence of the complainants were not capable of establishing the required authority and, thus, was inevitable to establish an appeal to the authorities to judge courts. Court of Justice has shown that the justified opinion of the conductor the Labor Inspector procedure, resulting from the substantive investigation of the case and the full relevant file accompanying it, is a key compass and a cornerstone for the operative ruling of the natural judge.
- In 31 cases, sanctions of EUR 57,600 were imposed, according to the current regulatory framework.
- Another 43 cases, from the last calendar, are in progress.