Respect at work

It contains:

• information on events related to psychosocial well-being at work
• information on Belgian legislation regarding psychosocial load (violence, harassment, sexual harassment, stress)
• examples of good practices
• the publications of the Federal Public Service Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue on psychosocial load at work (stress, violence, harassment, sexual harassment, conflicts,...) and the publications of other research institutions or organisations (universities, social organisations, trade unions, employers’ organisations, European bodies, etc.)
•  a toolkit featuring tools for diagnosis and intervention (some of which are available online), which can help to put in place a policy for the prevention of stress, violence and psychological and sexual harassment at work. The tools featured in this section are not exhaustive. They are mainly tools developed in the context of the research on psychosocial risks at work, financed by the European Social Fund and the Federal Public Service Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue.
• the results of scientific research (research reports, unpublished texts, articles) that have been produced, for the most part, with the support of the European Social Fund and the Federal Public Service Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue.
• and links to other interesting sites.

The web pages and most of the documents are written in French and in Dutch.

You will nevertheless find below a few documents translated into English:

A brochure entitled ‘A detailed look at… The prevention of psychosocial load at work: stress, violence, harassment and sexual harassment’ (PDF - 72 pages - 1 MB) : To help the reader understand the Belgian regulation, this brochure first describes the concept of psychosocial load at work. The various elements

for the introduction of a policy of prevention are discussed in detail. The resources available to people who feel that they are experiencing an adverse psychosocial load at work are also addressed. The brochure is concluded with a list of useful resources and addresses.

The brochure is targeted more widely at all those involved with employee well-being at work - both internal and external. More specifically, it is directed toward responsible parties in organisations that are duty bound to put in place measures to meet the requirements of regulations.

Some research results:

• 2001 -2002 ‘Violence at work: Sexual and moral harassment.  Characteristics and consequences on female and male workers’ Ada Garcia, Catherine Hue, Sybille Opdebeeck, Joeri Van Looy (PDF - 42 pages - 237 kB)
• 2003-2005 ‘Violence at work: Organisational factors that may generate physical violence, as well as sexual and moral harassment at work’ Ada Garcia, Bernard Hacourt, Séverine de Thomaz, Hans De Witte, Elfi Baillien, Inge Neyens (PDF - 32 pages - 313 kB)
• Some scientific articles or abstracts:
  ‘Organizational changes, employee stress, and customer satisfaction: emergence of the flexihealth concept’ Prof. C. Vandenberghe, Prof. V. De Keyser, Prof. P. Vlerick, Prof. W. D’hoore (PDF - 5 page - 30 kB)
• 2004-2006 ‘WOCCQ (Working Conditions and Control Questionnaire)’ I. Hansez, A. Mahy, A. Grisard, S. Peeters, V. De Keyser (PDF - 2 pages - 16 kB)

The site is accessible directly in French via the www.respectautravail.be link and directly in Dutch via the www.respectophetwerk.be link.