15/09/2015
IPKat Blog, "EPO the focus of Dutch newspaper article following suicide"
IPKat reports on the article of the Dutch newspaper, de Volkskrant, focusing on the latest suicide at the EPO:
"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."