The violence and the harassment are threats serious for the safety and the welfare of worker but not always are reported. The violence concept on the work place includes generally insults, threats or forms of physical or psychological aggression. The environments most at risk are focus mainly in the service sector, in particular the organizations that operate in the healthcare, transport and the trade sector. The contact with the “costumer” increases the risk of suffer violence. The most common risk factors in the violence in the workplace are: work conducted in conditions of isolation, organizationthat present bad management, in that this fact can increase customer aggression. The result for the single vary widely, from the motivations to devaluation of the work done, to stress, to damage, to physical and psychological health. There may be present post traumatic symptoms like fears, phobias and sleep disorders. In extreme cases the subject may be suffering from post traumatic syndrome. In general the vulnerability of the individual varies depending on the context in which occurs the violence and individual characteristics of the victim. The violence can also have repercussions on the whole organization in that is difficult for those work to give the best in an environment dominated by dread and fear.

The European commission introduced measures to ensure safety and health of workers.

The member states have implemented the directive through appropriate legislation, elaborating in some cases some guides for the prevention of violence at work.

The directive provides that, to eliminate or reduce these forms ofviolence, the employers:

Take action to prevent the violence in the workplace.
Asses the risks of violence in the workplace.
Adopt appropriate measures to prevent damage.

To prevent the violence at work can first of all perform acts of prevention as hazard identification, risk assessment and further one can use forms of support to the victim in the case of violent incidents that have already occurred.

WOMEN	WORK	MEN
2,40%	sysadmin delegate	97%
8.9%	member of the Executive Committee	91.1%
26.390 €	averagewage	34.377 €
60%	degree	40%
75%	part-time workers	25%

Some proposed laws that could lessen the violence in the workplace, in our opinion are:

After that women denounce the violence, they must be put into a safe condition. Means that in the case inwhich women take courage to denounce violence don’t have to worry about the repercussions of this.

According to the most recent data from the Euro parliament, women studied and work more but are paid less than men (on average 8.000 Euro less) and they sacrifice more often their career to look after children.
Then accordingly, we would like women were considered equal to men and that they can preside over the most important places of work, which usually are mainly occupied by men.
Women work, grow their children, their family and treat the house, they divide into many activities and problems of the day until arrive at requirement of ask a part-time because the day it’s made of 24 hours. At the end of the job career of these women there will be no one that reward for what they did, actually they will find themselves with pension halved since the social security contributions are used for the necessary part-time. We ask therefore that these women be gratified for their work and for their exertion that entail not halving their future pensions.

First of all we must consider that it is impossible delete completely this discriminating phenomenon but surely it is possible to confine it. In our opinion, these bills could ensure a better future, more egalitarian and sure, in which you do not need to be afraid after denouncing a person, where the most coveted places of work are more accessible and the part-time work does not have repercussion on pensions.

Sara Consonni

Sara Pariani

Vittorio Vanossi