International Legal Standards of Regulation of Mobbing at Work

• Authors: Daiva Petrylaitė

Abstracts

EN

Psychological violence at work is becoming an everyday phenomenon profoundly affecting an individual's physical and mental health and socio-economic life. In addressing this problem, which requires particular attention, it is of utmost importance, on the basis of research, to identify psychological violence in Lithuania, to carry out an analysis of causes and actions, to encourage society to consider potential consequences and take preventive action allowing to change the situation based on the examples of effective practice. In this article, the author aims at analysing the peculiarities of international and regional legal regulation of psychological violence at work.

Keywords

EN

mobbing at work; working environment; legal regulation; work relationships; occupational safety and health

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Issues of Business and Law
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 3
• Pages: 121-133

Contributors

author

Daiva Petrylaitė

• International Business School, Vilnius University, Saulėtekio Ave. 22, LT-10225 Vilnius, Lithuania

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10088-011-0011-7