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ITUC/PERC Workshop on Health and Safety Issues for the NIS regionKiev, 19 - 20 December 2011
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European policies and directives onoccupational health and safety
European Trade Union Institute
ITUC/PERC Workshop on Health and Safety Issues for the NIS regionKiev, 19 - 20 December 2011
[email protected] (2009)
Professional background
• Technical University• Mining Industry • Branch Trade Union • TUTB/ETUI
• HEalth and SAfety Department (HESA) • Co-ordination of New MS + CC, EU OSHA• Migrant Workers’ H&S • OHSM, VPP• Regional meetings
Viktor Kempa [email protected]
ITUC/PERC Workshop on Health and Safety Issues for the NIS regionKiev, 19 - 20 December 2011
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14.00-17.00 Afternoon session
•EU perspective on OHS, the EU policies in H&S (PPT1)•Role of trade unions in health and safety at work (PPT1)•Workers’ Health and Safety Representatives (PPT2+3)Viktor KEMPA, Senior Researcher, European Trade Union Institute, Belgium
•Trade union policy and strategy regarding support and coordination of Workers’ H&S Reps – from European to national modelEmilia DIMITROVA, CITUB, Bulgaria
•Current priorities in H+S at work, EU strategy, ETUC priorities (PPT4)Viktor KEMPA, Senior Researcher, European Trade Union Institute, Belgium
19.00 Dinner
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1. Are you involved directly in OHS issues in your organisation?
3. Does your organisation put a big/moderate/small attention to OHS?
4. In general, is H&S a current trade union priority?
5. Is the H&S at work in your country improving or deteoriating?
4 Questions at the beginning
2. Do you expect to be involved in this area in future?
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Contents
o ETUI & HESA
o OHS law in the EU
o European Social Dialogue in OHS
o European tripartite OHS agencies
o Challenges for the Community Strategy
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Who does ETUC represent? • 60 million workers• 81 national confederations• 12 federations• 36 countries
Created the ETUI as an expert and
service organisation
www.etuc.org
European Trade Union Confederation
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International non profit-making association established under Belgian law
The ETUI has three main objectives:
Research, studies and monitoring European issues of strategic importance for the world of labour while building bridges between the academic and research community and the labour movement;
Promoting education and training activities, programmes and exchanges that strengthen an European TU identity;
Providing technical support in the field of OHS so as to promote a high level of H&S protection for workers in Europe.
European Trade Union Institute
www.etui.org
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► 58 employees• 32 women & 26 men• 29 employed as officers
► 3 department• 34 persons in the Research Dep.• 14 persons in the Education Dep.• 10 persons in the Health & Safety Dep.
► A diversity of professional backgrounds, nationalities, “identities” and cultural backgrounds ► In 2006 created, non-profit international organisation
Who are we?
www.etui.org
European Trade Union Institute
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www.etui.org
WITH WHOM WE WORK
European TU movement, its officers and representatives
Universities, research bodies and TU related institutes
European Union institutions
National OHS bodies
Organisations involved in promoting OHS within the workplace
Actors working in the field of social Europe
European Trade Union Institute
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MAIN TASKS
Support and technical expertise to the ETUC
Support to the workers’ groups within Luxembourg and Bilbao structures
Support to the European TU movement
http://hesa.etui.org/uk
Health and Safety Department
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SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES
EU policies, EU legislation Prevention systems Workers representation in H&S Work organisation / Precarious work Psychosocial risks - Stress, Violence MSD Chemicals, Asbestos, Nanotechnologies Work equipment safety / CEN Enlargement Information: Publications - HESA Mail - HESA Newsletter Training
Health and Safety Department
http://hesa.etui.org/uk
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HESA CREATES NETWORKS WITHIN
ACSHW Workers’ Group
Bilbao Agency Workers’ Group
Trade Union experts and activists
Universities researchers, Labour Inspectors, Designers, Physicians, Researchers, Journalists, NGOs etc.
HESA NETWORKING
http://hesa.etui.org/uk
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HESA BOOKLETS Risk estimation for MSDs in machinery design Integrating a user perspective
MSD and work organisation in the European clothing industry
Europe under strain A report on trade union initiatives to combat workplace MSD
Integrating gender in ergonomic analysis Strategies for transforming women's work
Special Report of Newsletter MSD in Europe
Musculoskeletal disorders An ill-understood pandemic
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ETUI HESA WEBSITE
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Occupational Health and Safety law in the EU
o Principleso Legislationo Transposition and implementationo Evaluation
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The EU Context
Every 3.5 minutes, somebody in the EU-27 dies from work-related causes.
Every 4.5 seconds, a worker in the EU-27 is involved in an accident that forces him/her to stay at home for at least three working days.
The number of accidents at work causing three or more days of absence is huge: over 7 million every year.
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EU context: work-related fatalities in EU 27
225 million economically active, employment 205 million
167 000 fatalities attributed to work-related accidents and diseases in EU (ILO), within those:
159 500 fatalities attributed to work-related diseases in the EU (ILO)
5 720 fatalities caused by accidents at work (EUROSTAT 87% of workforce, ILO: 7,460 all EU)
74 000 fatalities attributed to hazardous substances at work in the EU (asbestos included)
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Key principles of the EU OHS law
European social model
Social and market regulation
Article 118a (138) of the Treaty
The Council shall adopt directives
with minimum requirements
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Prevention (proactive rather than retroaktive & compensation)
Hierarchy of prevention measures (next slide)
Employers' responsibility
Continuous improvement (MS)
Health AND safety
Social dialogue & workers' participation (ICP)
Multidisciplinarity of prevention services
Key principles of the EU OHS law
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Key principles of the EU OHS law
HIERARCHY OF PREVENTION MEASURES
Avoid/eliminate the hazards
Evaluate the risks that cannot be avoided
Substitute dangerous by less dangerous
Combat risks at source
Adapt the work to the individual
Adapt to technical progress
Develop a coherent overall prevention policy
Give collective protective measures priority
Give appropriate instructions
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An efficient prevention at the Workplace
Participation
Multidisciplinarity
Comprehensiveness
• Comitted employers - Recognize the problem!
• Risk assessment- Assess the risk on participatory basis!
• Hierarchy of preventive measures- Remove the hazard first!
• Technical and organisational measures - Use a feedback from the workplace!
• Social dialogue at the workplace- Talk to and listen to Workers H&S Reps!
• Concerted cooperation of all the actors- Identify, evaluate and combat the risks
using synergy of knowledge and powers!
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Art. 100a 95
Establishment and functioning of the
internal market
Directives are binding
Art. 118a 137
Improvement of the working environment
Directives lay down minimum standards
DirectivesStandardisation
Machinery directive
DirectivesRecommendations
Framework directive
Individual directives
Transposition and implementation into national law
Single European Act (1987)
Standardisation
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EU legal initiatives
The Council Directive 89/391/EEC
+ 18 individual directives set up the minimum
standards
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Using of the work equipment
89/655/EECWork Equipment (2)
89/391/EEC – Framework Directiveon the introduction of measures to encourage improvements
in the safety and health of workers at work
Specific activities
90/269/EECManual Handling of Loads (4)
90/270/EECDisplay Screen Equipments (5)
92/91/EECDrilling (11)
Workplace
89/654/EEC Workplace (1)92/57/EEC
Temporary/Mobile Construction Sites (8)
92/58/EEC Safety and/or Health Signs (9)
92/104/EEC Surface and Underground Mineral-
extracting Industries (12)
93/103/EC Fishing Vessel (13)
1999/92/ECExplosive Atmospheres (15)
Specific group of workers
92/85/EECPregnant and breastfeeding workers and worker who have recently given
birth (10)
Personal protection
89/656/EECPersonal Protective Equipment (3)
Exposure to agents
90/394/EEC Carcinogens (6)
2000/54/ECBiological Agents (7)
98/24/EC Chemical Agents (14)
2000/44/ECVibrations (16)
2003/10/ECNoise (17)
2004/40/ECElectromagnetic Fields (18)
2000/39/ECIndicative occupationalexposure limit values
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OHS directives which are not directly under
Framework Directive 89/391/EEC
91/383/EEC Temporary Workers
94/33/ECYoung Workers
93/104/EC2000/34/EC2000/79/EC2002/15/EC
Working Time
1983/477/EC1999/77/EC2003/18/EC
Asbestos
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Limited resources Lack of government participation Lack of funds and awareness Missing economic incentives Inadequate infrastructure
EU H&S legislation Implementation in New Member States
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Time factor Other priorities Social dialogue unnecessary obstacle Need to improve communication
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EU H&S legislation - Implementation
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EU H&S How it works in the European Union
ITUC/PERC Workshop on Health and Safety Issues for the NIS regionKiev, 19 - 20 December 2011
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Occupational Health and Safety law in the EU
o European Social Dialogue in OHS
ITUC/PERC Workshop on Health and Safety Issues for the NIS regionKiev, 19 - 20 December 2011
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EU Social Dialogue in H&S Constitutional background, Art. 138-139 EC Treaty
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From 1986 to 2008: around 50 joint initiatives
5 Framework agreements (all branches) on Parental Leave, 1995 on Part Time Work, 1997 on Fixed Term Contracts, 1999 on Telework, 2000 on Stress at Work, 2005 on Violence at Work, 2007
1 Framework of actions Framework of actions on the lifelong development of competencies and qualifications,
2002
More than 40 Joint recommendations, opinions, compendia of good practices
Bipartite Social dialogue at the EU level
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ITUC/PERC Workshop on Health and Safety Issues for the NIS regionKiev, 19 - 20 December 2011
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ITUC/PERC Workshop on Health and Safety Issues for the NIS regionKiev, 19 - 20 December 2011
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Occupational Health and Safety law in the EU
European Tripartite Agencies working with health and safety issues
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SCOPE OF CONSULTATIONS
The ACSH is consulted on many of the EC initiatives, and under all circumstances when the EC produces a new directive or revises an existing one.
For instance, the committee was consulted regarding the preparation of the Framework Directive and of every directive subsequently issued in the area of H&S at work
The Advisory Committee on S&H at Work
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Collecting and disseminating information in the MS Promoting and supporting cooperation/exchange among the MS
Organizing conferences/seminars and exchanges of experts Supplying the EU bodies and the Member States with information
Establishing and coordinating the networks Collecting and making available information from and to third countries and international organizations
Providing information on methods/tools for implementing prevention
Contributing to the development of the EU action programmes
The European Agency for S&H at Work
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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
carries out research and development projects
provides data and analyses to inform and support the formulation of EU policy on working and living conditions
has a network of experts throughout Europe research, preparation of case studies and national reports
Foundation monitoring tools:
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO) European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
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Where do we go
o Challenges for Community Strategy on H&S at Work
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General Context Helth and safety at work is a crucial issue Continuation of a process of improvements in working conditions Lisbon Strategy - competitiveness Longer working life Equality Productivity Well-being
The New EU Strategy (2007-2012)
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Developmets and Issues 2002-2006 -17% in fatal accidents and -20% in working
accidents 28% of workers has health problems 35% consider their work as a risk for health Categories of workers/enterprises/branches in higher risk Demographic changes and ageing New work organisation, subcontracting, SMEs Migration Gender New occupational diseases (MSD, infections, psycho-social)
The New EU Strategy (2007-2012)
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Objectives and Ways A number of accidents (4 mil.) and diseases (costs as a burden
for social systems) must be decreased on 25%: Full implemantation of EU regulations Support for SMEs Better regulation - simplification Changes in behaviour of workers and employers Better risk assessment, new risks Better evaluation of achievements Support of national strategies International cooperation
The New EU Strategy (2007-2012)
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Support of national strategies
Health surveillance Rehabilitation and reintegration of workers To face social and demographis changes Strenghtening of cohesion of politics
The New EU Strategy (2007-2012)
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Trade Union position: Strategies should be built around
practical initiatives, clear objectives by identifying action
definitive timetable
boost the resources
The New EU Strategy (2007-2012)
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Trade Union objections
Main danger: soft approach
Some limited open windows
Strong pressure from DG enterprises and, to a minor extent, DG public health
REACH (from 2007)
Better regulation’ exercise
Broader regulation on labour market (« green book », « flexicurity », working time, etc...)
The New EU Strategy (2007-2012)
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Occupational Safety and Health for Occupational Safety and Health for Trade Union RepresentativesTrade Union RepresentativesBelgrade, May 13-15, 2008
Identify hazard
Evaluate the risk
Eliminate
the risk
Find a substitution
Control the risk
Protect yourself
OR ESCAPE!
7 principles of
accident prevention
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Thank you for your attention !
DO NOT HESITATE TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE OR
CONTACT ME OR MY COLLEAGUES
hesa.etui-rehs.org/uk
hesa.etui-rehs.org/fr