Every other social secretary reports having been exposed to threats or violence over the past twelve months. And four out of five animal protection administrators say they have been threatened in their duties.
Eric Storbjörk, project manager at the Work Environment Authority's inspection department, reports that the authority is aware that publicly employed officials are particularly exposed to attempts at influence, threats or violence in their work and that the Work Environment Authority is therefore launching a supervisory effort to investigate how employers work with the problems and what they do to prevent the risks.
The Work Environment Authority wants to know more about what the threats look like.
The threats may not be as frequently reported, so they do not come to our knowledge. We want to find out more about that. The gray areas when it comes to threats or attempts at influence, where the boundary goes and what is actually a threat, can be difficult for the employer to handle. Therefore, it may be that the preventive work is not done, says Storbjörk.
The inspections will begin shortly and will continue throughout the year.
