Health and safety strategies in a changing Europe.
This article presents a synthesis of some of the more significant findings from two recent surveys on working conditions and national strategies for their improvement in the European Union in the 1990s. As patterns and organization of employment have changed in the past decade, the consequences for health and safety present new challenges for legislators, the social partners, the regulatory agencies, and the specialists. These challenges are only partially met in most European member states. Because of the continued deregulation of employment, reduced public expenditure, and reduced trade union presence, the operation of strategies to implement a common framework of E.U. legislation is limited and often incomplete. This issue must be confronted if systems for promoting the well-being of people at work in Europe are to keep up with the rapidly changing nature of the risks that they face.
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Centre for Industrial and Environmental Safety and Health, South Bank University, London, England.
D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005062:European Union; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000639:trends; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends