Community news|03/05/17

What worker participation in the management of occupational safety and health?

Home > The news of EUROGIP and occupational risks in Europe > What worker participation in the management of occupational safety and health?

This study, published by the European Risk Observatory of EU-OSHA, is mainly devoted to the issue of the representation of workers’ interests in the area of occupational safety and health (OSH) from the viewpoint of the representatives themselves, their colleagues, and their employers and managers.

It is based on in-depth interviews carried out in 143 different organizations in seven EU Member States: Belgium, Spain, Estonia, Greece, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Sweden. In the great majority of cases, these organizations took part in the ESENER-2 survey and represent, in similar proportions:

  • the private manufacturing sector, the public sector and the private service sector;
  • three categories of enterprise size: small, medium-sized and large.

This analysis was supported by the examination of publications, further interviews carried out with informers from key organizations, and an additional quantitative evaluation of the relevant data of the ESENER-2 survey.

The study “highlights indicators of a growing divergence between the legislation and practices currently prevailing in the workplace”.Résumé en français

Report

Discover other news

News

05/04/24

The EUROGIP Annual Report 2023 is online

“2020 was an unprecedented year for everyone”, says Raphaël Haeflinger, Director of EUROGIP. Indeed, the health crisis had an obvious impact on achievement of the objectives initially planned. It also led us to innovate in work processes to ensure the continuation of our numerous activities.

Community news

27/03/24

Artificial intelligence: MEPs adopt “historic” law

On 13 March, the European Parliament adopted by a very large majority the world's first “binding” regulation on artificial intelligence, based on the draft presented by the European Commission in April 2021. The Council must now formally adopt it.

Abroad

27/03/24

DENMARK: A tool for creating a good working environment

An assessment of the working environment is an annual legal requirement for all companies with employees. Various tools are available, including the online tool developed in 2019 by experts at the Danish Working Environment Authority: the APV (arbejdspladsvurdering).