In 2023-2024, the Labour Inspectorate's priority objective is to support companies in protecting employees against violence in the workplace and to deal with incidents appropriately.

The Work Environment Authority has updated the guidance relating to cases of occupational diseases notified on or after 1 January 2005. The 18th edition of this guidance applies from 1 July 2023.

These include threats and other offensive behaviour such as unpleasant and derogatory comments, blackmail, hate messages, harassment, including sexual harassment, etc. Digital harassment via e-mail, telephone, websites and social media has affected 28% of employees over the past 12 months, according to data from the National Observatory of the Working Environment for Employees (NOA-L).

According to Afa Försäkring's 2023 report, which has just been published, the total number of serious accidents at work increased in 2021, returning to the same level as in 2019, with 2.6 accidents per 1,000 employees compared with 2.4 in 2020. The risk of long-term sick leave has also increased.

The “Health and safety at work: from school to work, it's up to you to film” competition organised by the French National Institute for Research and Safety (INRS) aims to raise awareness among young people (in vocational lycées and apprentice training centres, CFAs) of the risks to which they are exposed when they first enter the world of work. The 11th edition closed at the end of May.