A grounds-up initiative of colleagues, created in late 2019, as a response to the problem of harassment within the Commission. HWN wants to see our workplace free of harassment and any other form of violence and discrimination, a place where every colleague feels respected and valued, working in dignity and fully enjoying human rights: to break the silence around harassment, the isolation of colleagues affected by harassment as well as the fear, which many colleagues still have when being confronted with harassment.
Offers self-help group meetings and its advocacy team drafts policy papers and provides input for other entities e.g. the Central Staff Committee, where the HWN is very much appreciated.
Find them here [1], read about them here [2] and consult their publications:
- 2020, Deficiencies of the anti-harassment policy of the European Commission and elements of a true reform: Working papers of the Harassment Watch Network, Volume 1 [3]
- 2021, Abuse of the annual appraisal exercise (“CDR”) in the European Commission as tool of psychological harassment with recommendations how to prevent this and better protect the targetted colleagues: second analytical paper [4]
- 2021, Comments of the Harassment Watch Network on the draft HR strategy [5]
- 2022, Expectations of the Harassment Watch Network with regard to a new Commission Anti-harassment Decision [6]
- 2022, My Commission Calvary: Testimonies of harassment at the European Commission [7]
We nominated the HWN for a 2021 diversity and inclusion Award [8]category 4 Outstanding Staff Group of the Year based on their exceptional dedication and constructive work on this difficult topic. Unfortunately the HWN did not win this time.
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Offers self-help group meetings and its advocacy team drafts policy papers and provides input for other entities e.g. the Central Staff Committee, where the HWN is very much appreciated.
Find them here [1], read about them here [2] and consult their publications:
- 2020, Deficiencies of the anti-harassment policy of the European Commission and elements of a true reform: Working papers of the Harassment Watch Network, Volume 1 [3]
- 2021, Abuse of the annual appraisal exercise (“CDR”) in the European Commission as tool of psychological harassment with recommendations how to prevent this and better protect the targetted colleagues: second analytical paper [4]
- 2021, Comments of the Harassment Watch Network on the draft HR strategy [5]
- 2022, Expectations of the Harassment Watch Network with regard to a new Commission Anti-harassment Decision [6]
- 2022, My Commission Calvary: Testimonies of harassment at the European Commission [7]
We nominated the HWN for a 2021 Diversity and Inclusion Award [8]category 4 Outstanding Staff Group of the Year based on their exceptional dedication and constructive work on this difficult topic. Unfortunately the HWN did not win this time.
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Offers self-help group meetings and its advocacy team drafts policy papers and provides input for other entities e.g. the Central Staff Committee, where the HWN is very much appreciated.
Find them here [1], read about them here [2] and consult their publications:
- 2020, Deficiencies of the anti-harassment policy of the European Commission and elements of a true reform: Working papers of the Harassment Watch Network, Volume 1 [3]
- 2021, Abuse of the annual appraisal exercise (“CDR”) in the European Commission as tool of psychological harassment with recommendations how to prevent this and better protect the targetted colleagues: second analytical paper [4]
- 2021, Comments of the Harassment Watch Network on the draft HR strategy [5]
- 2022, Expectations of the Harassment Watch Network with regard to a new Commission Anti-harassment Decision [6]
- 2022, My Commission Calvary: Testimonies of harassment at the European Commission [7]
We nominated the HWN for a 2021 Diversity and Inclusion Award [8]category 4 Outstanding Staff Group of the Year based on their exceptional dedication and constructive work on this difficult topic. Unfortunately the HWN did not win this time.
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The C(2006) 1624/3 [9] Commission decision on the European Commission policy on protecting the dignity of the person and preventing psychological harassment and sexual harassment Section 2.1 lists examples of this behaviour.
The update, C(2023) 8630 [10] Commission decision on the prevention of and fight against psychological and sexual harassment, and repealing Decision C(2006) 1624/3 point 8, page 2 lists examples of this behaviour.
Check out these videos How to tell if you’re being bullied at work? [11] and Workplace bullying [12] for more examples.
'); toolTips('.classtoolTips14','We understand that 7000 of the c. 10000 respondents to the March 2021 HR diversity and inclusion survey chose to answer the section relating to harassment. The results were expected to be ready 14.10.2021. *Update 01.07.2022: HR D&I survey results (including those from the optional section on harassment) are available under DG HR survey results: Reports/metrics [13]. A summary is in April 2022 Central Staff Committee (CSC) plenary [14]. *
‘The Diversity and Inclusion Office is working on a new Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan, due to be released in Q4 2021. It will be an update since the last report in 2019 to reflect new priorities.’ (My Intracomm, Staff Matters, Diversity and Inclusion [15], Ongoing projects and events)
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