Social and Economic Council of the Republic of Serbia has unanimously supported the Initiative of the Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia aimed at ratification of the ILO Convention 190 on the elimination of violence and harassment at work.
At the session of the National and Provincial SEC, held in Novi Sad, social partners agreed to second the Initiative, the text of which was explained by the CATUS Secretary Zoran Mihajlovic. As agreed, the Initiative will be sent to the Ministry of Labour.
Having in mind that women represent one of the most vulnerable groups on the labour market, Commissioner for Protection of Equality, Brankica Jankovic also gave her support to the CATUS Initiative and within the 2020 Report on the protection of equality she will provide a general recommendation to ratify the ILO Convention 120 as soon as possible.
Last but not the least, the National Agency for Peaceful Settlement of Labour Disputes welcomed the CATUS Initiative by pointing out that raising the awareness on the prevention and protection from the harassment at work. Furthermore, the Agency said that in 2020 employees initiated more than 500 individual cases due to the harassment at work.
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