It has come to light that among civil servants indirect employees are more vulnerable to harassment than direct employees (disclosure of at least 1 count of harassment · direct employees: 41.2%, indirect employees: 54.6%; average frequency of workers experiencing harassment in a 6-month period · direct employees: 24.0 counts, indirect employees: 28.7 counts).
Females usually experience interpersonal harassment (sexual harassment, verbal abuse, nitpicking, being picked on, etc.), while males more commonly experience work-related harassment (CCTV surveillance, lack of recognition for or ridicule of work capabilities/achievements).
The main perpetrators of workplace harassment are officers in charge and heads of working groups/department chiefs (officers: 37.2%, heads of working groups/department chiefs: 32.1%, equal rank civil servants: 11.5%, senior personnel: 10.3%).
Just 1 in 10 victims complain about (report) harassment, and a big difference exists between job types (direct employee victims: 23.1% filed reports, indirect employee victims: 0% filed reports).