Date: 2-Apr-2024Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Council Decision (EU) 2024/1018 of 25 March 2024 inviting Member States to ratify the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No 190) of the International Labour Organization
Council Decision (EU) 2024/1018 invites EU Member States to ratify the International Labour Organization's (ILO) Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190).
Key Changes
The decision focuses on specific parts of the Convention related to improving the working environment, protecting workers' health and safety, and ensuring equality between men and women in employment and occupation.
The decision is based on Article 153(2) in conjunction with Article 153(1), point (a), Article 157(3) and Article 218(6), point (a)(v) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
Member States are invited to ratify the Convention in accordance with their national and constitutional procedures and practices and Article 19(5) of the ILO Constitution.
Impact Analysis
Member States
Action Item: Member States should initiate the ratification process according to their national procedures, potentially involving legislative changes or policy adjustments.
Employers
Action Item: Employers should assess their current policies and practices related to workplace violence and harassment and develop or update them to align with the Convention's principles.
Workers
Action Item: Workers should be made aware of their rights and available resources for reporting and addressing incidents of violence and harassment.
European Union
Action Item: The European Commission should monitor the ratification progress of Member States and provide guidance and support as needed.
Key Entities Referenced
Council of the European Union: The entity that adopted the decision inviting Member States to ratify the ILO Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019.
European Commission: The entity that proposed the decision to the Council of the European Union.
European Parliament: The entity that provided consent to the Council decision.
International Labour Organization (ILO): The international organization that adopted the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190).
Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190): An international labor convention concerning the elimination of violence and harassment in the world of work.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: The treaty that provides the legal basis for the Council decision, specifically Article 153(2) in conjunction with Article 153(1), point (a), Article 157(3) and Article 218(6), point (a)(v).
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2024/1018 2.4.2024
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2024/1018
of 25 March 2024
inviting Member States to ratify the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No 190) of the
International Labour Organization
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 153(2) in conjunction with
Article 153(1), point (a), Article 157(3) and Article 218(6), point (a)(v) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament,
Whereas:
(1) In 2019, at its 108th session, the International Labour Conference adopted Convention No 190 of the International
Labour Organization (ILO) concerning the elimination of violence and harassment in the world of work, 2019,
which may be cited as the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (the ‘Convention’).
(2) The Union promotes the ratification of international labour conventions that have been classified by the ILO as up to
date in order to promote decent work for all, health and safety at work and gender equality, as well as to combat
discrimination.
(3) The Convention falls within the shared competence of the Union. Both the existing relevant Union rules and the
provisions of the Convention set minimum requirements. The Convention does not risk affecting existing Union
rules or alter their scope.
(4) It is considered appropriate for the Union to exercise its competence regarding those parts of the Convention that
specifically concern the improvement of the working environment to protect workers’ health and safety and
equality between men and women in matters of employment and occupation, to the extent that the Union has
adopted rules thereof.
(5) The Union cannot ratify the Convention, as only States can be parties thereto.
(6) In this situation, the Union’s external competence may be exercised through the Member States acting as
intermediaries.
(7) All EU Member States supported the objectives of the Convention and played a key role for its adoption. In the
tripartite body proposing the Convention for adoption, no Member State voted against or abstained.
(8) Member States should be invited to ratify those parts of the Convention that specifically concern the improvement of
the working environment to protect workers’ health and safety and equality between men and women in matters of
employment and occupation, to the extent that the Union has adopted rules thereof, in accordance with the
applicable national and constitutional procedures and practices and Article 19(5) of the ILO Constitution,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Member States are hereby invited to ratify, for the parts that specifically concern the improvement of the working
environment to protect workers’ health and safety and equality between men and women in matters of employment and
occupation under Article 153(1), point (a), Article 153(2), and Article 157(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the
European Union, the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019, of the International Labour Organization.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/1018/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 2.4.2024
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 March 2024.
For the Council
The President
A. MARON
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/1018/oj