Fittex

The Analytical Study suggests that the seven EU agencies in the health and safety field demonstrate strong European added value and that this is widely recognised by Member States and other stakeholders including business. The agencies have played an important role in the COVID-19 pandemic. More generally. the study concludes that the cost of ‘non-agencies’, i.e. a situation where the agencies ceased to exist, would be higher to the European Commission, national authorities and business than the ...

The European Commission has proposed a revision of the founding regulations of three decentralised agencies (Cedefop, Eurofound and EU-OSHA) in order to update their objectives and tasks, and to define more precisely their roles in supporting the EU institutions and bodies, the Member States, and the social partners, as well as those involved in shaping and implementing policies at European and national levels in their respective policy areas. The agreed texts of the proposals, reached after extensive ...

It-titjib fis-saħħa u s-sigurtà fuq il-post tax-xogħol ilu kwistjoni ta' importanza ewlenija għall-UE mis-snin tmenin. L-introduzzjoni ta' leġiżlazzjoni fil-livell Ewropew stabbiliet standards minimi ta' protezzjoni tal-ħaddiema, mingħajr ma waqqfet lill-Istati Membri milli jżommu fis-seħħ jew jintroduċu miżuri aktar stretti. Bid-dħul fis-seħħ tat-Trattat ta' Lisbona, il-Karta tad-Drittijiet Fundamentali tal-Unjoni Ewropea saret legalment vinkolanti, u b'hekk il-politika dwar is-saħħa u s-sigurtà ...

The study presents recent trends on stress at work as well as an overview of EU and national measures to tackle this problem, especially in the context of the economic and financial crisis. The report also includes a number of case studies illustrating initiatives that have proven successful in improving workers’ mental well-being, in particular during restructuring. Given the growing concerns on the impact of the economic and financial crisis on workers’ mental health, one of the main recommendations ...

Two briefing notes on the 'New Strategy on Health and Safety at work 2007-2012' focus on the comparability of data and statistics in occupational health and safety, implementation and simplification of OSH directives without reducing the level of protection, targeted measures and whether OSH legislation is applied at global level.