EU D

IREC

TIVE

S AN

D RE

FORM

OF

OSH

AN

D LA

BOU

R RE

LATI

ON

S’ LE

GISL

ATIO

N

“WHI

TE P

APER

” OVE

RVIE

W

Mr.

Man

uel R

oxo,

ACT

, Por

tuga

l

SUM

MA

RY▪

Refo

rm O

SH U

krai

nian

lega

l fra

mew

ork

▪Sh

ift fr

om p

resc

ript

ive

to g

oal o

rien

ted

visi

on

▪La

bour

rela

tion

issu

es

▪D

evel

opm

ents

requ

ired

▪Fe

atur

es, o

ptio

ns

▪En

forc

emen

t and

pro

mot

ion

▪Ro

ad m

ap

▪St

rate

gic,

legi

slat

ive,

ope

ratio

nal m

easu

res

PREV

ENTI

VE

MO

DEL

S

Trad

ition

alA

ctua

l

PRES

CRIP

TIV

E M

OD

EL

AD

VAN

TAG

ESD

ISA

DVA

NTA

GES

Iden

tifie

s pr

oble

ms

and

prov

ides

so

lutio

ns

Volu

me

and

acce

ssib

ility

to

reci

pien

ts o

f the

law

Som

e ec

onom

ic a

ctiv

ities

Tech

nica

l spe

cific

atio

nsSo

me

spec

ific

risk

sO

nly

mat

eria

l cha

ract

eris

tics

Pote

ntia

l obs

oles

cenc

e

Det

erm

inab

le o

blig

atio

nsM

ainl

y ph

ysic

al in

tegr

ityD

isco

urag

es in

nova

tion

Ease

of c

ompl

ianc

e an

d en

forc

eRi

gidi

ty o

f the

lega

l fra

mew

ork

GO

AL

ORI

ENTE

D M

OD

EL

AD

VAN

TAG

ESD

ISA

DVA

NTA

GES

Syst

emic

vis

ion

and

self

regu

latio

nSt

ruct

ure

of le

gisl

atio

n: m

ain

and

seco

ndar

y

It in

volv

es s

tron

g co

mm

itmen

t at t

he

vari

ous

deci

sion

-mak

ing

leve

lsCo

nsis

tenc

y ne

eds…

Oth

er n

orm

ativ

e or

ders

, the

sof

t law

Bino

mia

l cer

tain

ty/u

ncer

tain

ty

Proc

ess

and

perf

orm

ance

sta

ndar

dsRe

quire

s av

aila

bilit

y of

ski

lls

All

risk

s, e

cono

mic

act

iviti

es,

empl

oyed

pop

ulat

ion

Diff

icul

ty fo

r m

icro

-, sm

all a

nd

med

ium

bus

ines

ses

Ada

ptab

ility

to re

ality

and

cha

nge

Mor

e co

mpl

exity

inco

mpl

ianc

e an

d en

forc

emen

t

SYST

EMIC

STR

UCT

URE

D V

ISIO

N

OSH

pr

ofes

sion

als

Des

igna

ted

wor

kers

Empl

oyer

/com

pany

Wor

kers

re

pres

ent

ativ

esCO

NTE

XTS:

PO

LITI

CAL

IN

STIT

UTI

ON

AL

LABO

UR

RELA

TIO

N IS

SUES

: A

CO

NTE

XT O

F CI

TIZE

NSH

IP A

T W

ORK

▪Em

ploy

men

t rel

atio

nshi

p

▪Th

e na

ture

of n

owad

ays

wor

k

▪U

ndec

lare

d w

ork

▪M

aske

d w

ork

▪At

ypic

al w

ork

▪In

form

atio

n an

d co

nsul

tatio

n to

em

ploy

ees

▪Eq

ualit

y be

twee

n m

en a

nd w

omen

: gen

der a

nd g

enet

ic

▪A

nti d

iscr

imin

atio

n

OSH

LEG

AL

FRA

MEW

ORK

: M

AIN

FEA

TURE

S TO

BE

OBS

ERV

ED▪

Scop

e an

d ob

ject

ives

▪A

ll w

ork

activ

ities

, em

ploy

ees,

third

par

ties

▪Th

e ph

ysic

al a

nd m

enta

l hea

lth

▪Em

ploy

ers

oblig

atio

n pr

even

tion

▪O

blig

atio

n of

resu

lt, p

rosp

ectiv

e

▪D

ecis

ion-

mak

ing

rule

d by

pri

ncip

les,

the

9 G

PP

▪Pa

rtic

ipat

ory

man

agem

ent s

yste

m, s

trat

egic

app

roac

h

▪N

ot tr

ansf

erab

le

▪N

ot c

ondi

tione

d by

eco

nom

ic fa

ctor

s

▪Re

sour

ces,

the

OSH

pre

vent

ive

serv

ices

, hea

lth s

urve

illan

ce

OSH

LEG

AL

FRA

MEW

ORK

: M

AIN

FEA

TURE

S TO

DEV

ELO

P▪

Prev

entiv

e e

prot

ectiv

e se

rvic

es

▪In

tern

al/e

xter

nal r

esou

rces

▪Em

erge

ncy

and

resc

ue

▪O

SH p

rofe

ssio

nals

▪Sa

fety

eng

inee

rs, o

ccup

atio

nal h

ealth

phy

sici

ans

▪Er

gono

mis

ts, o

ccup

atio

nal h

ealth

psy

chol

ogis

ts, i

ndus

tria

l hyg

ieni

sts

▪Em

ploy

ees

part

icip

atio

n on

OSH

▪Th

e w

orke

rs re

pres

enta

tives

PREV

ENTI

VE

E PR

OTE

CTIV

E SE

RVIC

ES

OPT

ION

S▪

Opt

ion

inte

rnal

/ext

erna

l ser

vice

pr

ovid

er: s

tand

ardi

zatio

n of

ch

oice

or n

ot

▪Ty

pe a

nd n

atur

e of

ski

lls:

Spec

ialis

ts, g

ener

alis

ts,

mul

tidis

cipl

inar

y: h

ealth

, saf

ety,

ps

ycho

soci

al

▪Ce

rtifi

catio

n of

ext

erna

l ser

vice

s pr

ovid

er

▪Re

latio

n w

ith w

orke

rs

repr

esen

tativ

es

▪A

ptitu

de, p

erso

nal,

mea

ns

▪Th

e ca

se o

f sm

all c

ompa

nies

▪Re

gula

tion

proc

ess:

har

d la

w,

soft

law

, cod

es o

f pra

ctic

e

OSH

PRO

FESS

ION

ALS

: OPT

ION

S▪

Regu

late

d pr

ofes

sion

: the

acc

ess

is le

gally

lim

ited

to th

e po

sses

sion

of a

spe

cific

pr

ofes

sion

al q

ualif

icat

ion

▪Ch

arte

red

prof

essi

on: f

orm

al

cred

entia

l by

a re

leva

nt

prof

essi

onal

org

aniz

atio

n

▪In

dica

tion

of q

ualif

ied

prof

essi

onal

▪Th

e ca

se o

f hea

lth p

rofe

ssio

nals

▪D

efin

ition

of p

rofil

e of

ski

lls

▪Et

hics

and

deo

ntol

ogy

▪Re

latio

n w

ith c

ompa

nies

and

em

ploy

ees

▪In

depe

nden

ce o

f pro

fess

iona

ls

▪Pr

otec

tion

and

cond

ition

s of

ex

erci

se

▪Re

gula

tion

proc

ess:

har

d la

w,

soft

law

, cod

es o

f pra

ctic

e

WO

RKER

S RE

PRES

ENTA

TIV

ES: O

PTIO

NS

▪W

ho a

re th

em

1)Bu

sine

ss c

ounc

ils o

r sim

ilar

alre

ady

exis

tent

s

2)D

eleg

ates

and

saf

ety

com

mitt

ees

that

may

cu

mul

ate

with

the

prev

ious

op

tion

3)Sp

ecifi

c el

ecte

d de

lega

tes

and

safe

ty c

omm

ittee

s

4)N

o re

fere

nce

in th

e la

w

▪Pr

otec

tion

and

cond

ition

s of

exe

rcis

e

▪El

ecto

ral p

roce

ss

▪Re

latio

n w

ith m

anag

emen

t an

d O

SH

prof

essi

onal

▪Tr

aini

ng

▪M

etho

dolo

gies

: acc

ess

to in

form

atio

n in

spec

tion'

s on

the

wor

k pl

ace…

▪Cr

edit

of h

ours

▪Re

sour

ces

▪Re

latio

n w

ith a

utho

ritie

s

▪Pr

otec

tion

agai

nst

disc

rim

inat

ion

LABO

UR

INSP

ECTI

ON

SYS

TEM

Com

plia

nce

with

ILO

Con

vent

ions

81

and

128

▪M

ain

func

tions

/ a

cces

sori

es fu

nctio

ns

▪O

rgan

izat

iona

l str

uctu

re

▪Ce

ntra

l aut

hori

ty a

nd p

roxi

mity

to re

gion

s

▪In

depe

nden

ce to

the

inte

rest

s

▪So

cial

par

tner

s an

d ot

her

stak

ehol

ders

▪La

bour

insp

ectio

n pr

oced

ure

▪Po

wer

s an

d de

onto

logy

▪Ca

reer

and

sta

tute

of i

nspe

ctio

n pr

ofes

sion

als

ROA

D M

AP:

STR

ATEG

IC M

EASU

RES

▪U

krai

nian

Nat

iona

l Str

ateg

y fo

r th

e Pr

o-m

otio

n of

OSH

▪Le

gisl

ativ

e in

terv

entio

n pr

ogra

m

▪Pa

nel o

f rel

evan

t ind

icat

ors

on w

orki

ng c

ondi

tions

▪St

reng

th th

e la

bour

adm

inis

trat

ion,

Impr

ove

labo

urin

spec

tion

actio

n

ROA

D M

AP:

LEG

ISLA

TIV

E M

EASU

RES

▪Tr

ansp

ose

dire

ctiv

es to

nat

iona

l law

inst

rum

ent

▪Cr

eate

an

OSH

gui

delin

es s

yste

m

▪A

dditi

onal

regu

latio

ns a

nd/o

r OSH

gui

delin

es o

n O

SH p

rofe

ssio

nal

qual

ifica

tions

, OSH

pre

vent

ive

serv

ices

, OSH

wor

kers

repr

esen

tativ

e

▪St

reng

then

and

impr

ove

the

effic

ienc

y an

d ef

fect

iven

ess

of th

e la

bour

insp

ectio

n sy

stem

ROA

D M

AP:

OPE

RATI

ON

AL

MEA

SURE

S▪

Trai

ning

on

the

fort

h-co

min

g na

tiona

l OSH

lega

l fra

mew

ork

▪In

form

atio

n an

d aw

aren

ess-

rais

ing

cam

paig

n on

the

EU le

gisl

atio

n

▪D

isse

min

ate

tech

nica

l inf

orm

atio

n

▪Re

orie

nt th

e sy

stem

for

colle

ctin

g, p

roce

ssin

g an

d di

ssem

inat

ing

data

on

wor

k ac

cide

nts

and

occu

patio

nal d

isea

ses

RISK

S TO

AVO

ID▪

Lack

of l

egis

lativ

e au

thor

ities

invo

lvem

ent

▪M

iss

a pa

rtic

ipat

ory

and

goal

-ori

ente

d O

SH a

ppro

ach

▪Ri

gidi

ty o

f the

lega

l fra

mew

ork

and

lega

l sol

utio

ns

▪Le

ss c

onsi

dera

tion

by m

icro

, sm

all a

nd m

ediu

m e

nter

pris

es

▪Pr

ejud

ice

to p

ublic

con

fiden

ce a

nd to

com

plia

nce

▪D

emot

ivat

ion

and

lack

of q

ualif

icat

ions

▪La

ck o

f kno

wle

dge

abou

t occ

upat

iona

l dis

ease

s an

d ac

cide

nt s

ituat

ion

▪So

cial

cos

ts…

•Th

e “A

ssoc

iatio

n A

gree

men

t bet

wee

n EU

and

U

krai

ne”

is a

con

fluen

ce o

f eco

nom

ic im

pera

tives

co

nsis

tent

with

soc

ial p

olic

ies.

•Th

ere

is a

n in

tent

ion

to o

btai

n su

stai

nabi

lity

and

capa

city

to p

roje

ct th

e fu

ture

.

•Th

e pr

omot

ion

of O

SH p

lays

an

impo

rtan

t rol

e in

th

ese

goal

s.