Germany: a study into acts of violence against civil servants
Published in the Nr 39 - November 2021
NEWS SOCIAL DIALOGUE AND QUALITY OF WORKING ENVIRONMENT
Faced with a phenomenon whose progression one can only deplore, the German civil service wants to conduct a survey and assess the action taken by departments. All civil servants (whether victims or witnesses) are being asked to reply to a questionnaire which covers violent acts or attacks within departments or in the line of duty, their consequences and how they were dealt with.
« Measures that have proven to be effective in containing violence against staff will have to be largely implemented and widespread »
- For more information: dbb.de (in German), (machine translation into English)