The report, produced by a working group of the European Forum of Insurances against accidents at work and occupational diseases and coordinated by Eurogip, sheds light on current insurance practices in thirteen countries: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Finland, Denmark, Spain, France, Italy, Norway, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland.

How to reconcile temporary work with occupational safety? The question deserved to be asked given that the use of temporary work and fixed-term contracts is progressing everywhere in Europe and the workers in question sustain occupational injuries twice as often as other workers. And yet legislation exists. Starting with a European directive, adopted in 1991, which lays down the minimum requirements for protection of the health and safety of temporary workers and has been transposed into national law in all the EU Member States. But, in the opinion of the European Commission itself, the results of this application are “highly inadequate”. The aspects brought into question are the information and training of temporary workers, induction of temporary employees, and the “duality” of the employers (the temporary work agency and the user firm), etc.
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Highlights of Eurogip’s activity in the year 2005. The year 2005 activity by activity

How to reconcile temporary work with occupational safety? The question is worth asking given that the use of temporary work and fixed-term contracts is progressing everywhere in Europe and the workers in question apparently sustain occupational injuries twice as often as other workers. And yet legislation exists. Starting with a European directive, adopted in 1991, which lays down minimum requirements for protection of the health and safety of temporary workers. It has, moreover, been transposed into national law in all the EU Member States. But, in the opinion of the European Commission itself, the results of this implementation are “highly inadequate”. The aspects brought into question are the information and training of temporary workers, induction of temporary employees, the “duality” of the employers (the temporary work agency and the user firm), etc. That is why Eurogip – whose mission is to coordinate, on the European level, Social Security action in the area of occupational risks – has decided to devote its fourth “Discussions” to issues regarding improved protection of temporary workers and to examples of good practices developed in various European countries.
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At a time when the French social partners are entering into negotiations on the employment of seniors, Eurogip publishes the proceedings of the discussion workshop held by it in October 2004 on the theme of “Ageing and occupational risks: How to promote workers’ health throughout their working lives”. The document summarises the papers presented. Initial round table discussions led to a more precise definition of the subject and a better understanding of the potential implications, through speeches by Gérard Kreutz, gerontologist at national research and safety institute INRS, Anne-Marie Guillemard, Professor of Sociology at Sorbonne University, and Paul Glynn, European Commission consultant on the working environment. Then, initiatives taken at the national level (in Germany, Belgium, Sweden and Luxembourg) and in enterprises (Storebrand, Akzo Nobel, Spie Batignolles, PSA Peugeot-Citroën) were described.
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