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The paper devotes to the problem of client-initiated occupational violence against workers in public administration. In Slovakia, this issue is still lacking proper attention from academic and political perspective. The aims of study: 1. To make out the extent forms and frequency of client-initiated occupational violence against public officials (in period of previous year). 2. To assess how Guidelines for prevention of third party violence and harassment at work have been adapted in branches of public administrat...

Background: Numerous surveys report the rising number of workplace violence incidents. Eight European social partner organisations operating in a range of sectors in which employees are exposed to third-party violence in the employment relationship have now adopted a supplementary set of Multi-sectoral guidelines to tackle work-related third-party violence and harassment. The prevalence of client-initiated occupational violence in health and social services has motivated us search for causes of this destructive be...