The audio interview is hosted here (archive).
Transcripts in English,French andGerman are available by scrolling through the document.
The audio interview is hosted here (archive).
Transcripts in English,French andGerman are available by scrolling through the document.
SUEPO's answer to the subject questionnaire can be found here.
It represents the views of SUEPO and was prepared with the input from the following staff associations/unions: FICSA, WHO, WTO, WIPO, WMO, OPCW, IFAD, BIODIVERSITY INT, ESO, CERN and EMBL.
Update 29/10/2015: The ILO has now published the guidance paper which is available here.
SUEPO intends to write a letter in support of this initiative, requesting to be heard in the matter.An aspect that seems thus far to have been overlooked is that Art. 20(1) EPO PPI seems to provide for a cooperation with the "competent authorities" in health and safety regulations and "similar regulations".The latter would seem to cover data protection regulations.
"Merpel urges the Administrative Council (AC) to act, and to act quickly. Discussions about whether the Office has immunity from employment law or is exempt from the prevailing standards of employee care throughout the EU are not only immaterial, they are repugnant in the present circumstances. Each AC delegate should take individual responsibility to ensure that the next time such a personal tragedy occurs, nobody thinks it newsworthy and nobody links it to the EPO as a place of employment."
In a letter addressed to the Gewerbeaufsichtsamt, SUEPO describes the current climate in the Office and the purpose of the demonstration.
Translations in English, French and German are available by scrolling through the document. The article was also published in the paper version of 10 September 2015.