26/05/2015
Disturbing news from the EPO
IPKat comments on the information that the EPO has commissioned the company Control Risks to investigate elected representatives of the Staff Committee and/or Staff Union.Control Risks describes itself as "an independent, global risk consultancy specialising in helping organisations manage political, integrity and security risks in complex and hostile environments".
IPKat considers that this "completely undermines any attempt at social dialogue, or moves towards union recognition. How are EPO employees to be expected to serve on the Central Staff Committee, or to represent the EPO unions, if at the same time they are to be harassed and investigated, apparently for performing this very service?"