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Making Good Business Sense

Tilia Bousios — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:49:00 GMT

Built on the first CSR report, Making good business sense, this document is the result of dialogues held globally. It offers insight into how CSR is interpreted in different geographical regions, and offers some practical tools that companies everywhere can use to make CSR a reality

ELMERI - A Workplace Safety and Health Observation Method

Tilia Bousios — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:37:23 GMT

ELMERI is an easy to use and reliable method to evaluate the safety level of a work place. The ELMERI method is based on observation of all the notable safety and health aspects of the physical work environment, and of safety behaviour.

The observations are focused into the following main item groups:

Safety behaviour
Order and tidiness
Machine safety
Industrial hygiene
Ergonomics
Walkways
First aid and fire safety

Five Steps to Risk Assessment

Tilia Bousios — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:19:17 GMT

This leaflet aims to help you assess health and safety risks in the workplace

Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the Introduction of Measures to Encourage Improvements in the Safety and Health of Workers at Work

Tilia Bousios — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:59:48 GMT

The Directive introduces measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work; contains general principles concerning the prevention and elimination of occupational risks, the informing, consultation and training of workers; contains minimum rules regarding the safety and health of workers at work.

Report - Prevention of Risks in Construction – In Practice

Tilia Bousios — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:45:11 GMT

Throughout the EU there is a growing recognition that standards of occupational safety and health in construction have to be improved. Each year, in the original EU-15 Member States alone, about 1300 workers are killed, another 800,000 injured and countless more suffer ill health. The human suffering caused by accidents and ill health is distressing to all concerned, the extent of which is impossible to calculate.

Report - Expert Forecast on Emerging Psychosocial Risks Related to Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)

Tilia Bousios — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:35:25 GMT

Significant changes which are taking place in the world of work lead to emerging psychosocial risks. Such risks, which are linked to the way work is designed, organised and managed, as well as to the economic and social context of work, result in an increased level of stress and can lead to serious deterioration of mental and physical health. In 2005, more than 20% of workers from the EU believed that their health is at risk because of work-related stress. The report presents the results of the expert forecast on emerging psychosocial risks, supplemented by an analysis of the scientific research on key topics identified by the experts.

Longer Career? "VETO" Programme Indicators

Tilia Bousios — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:26:01 GMT

The development of worklife as a whole has progressed in keeping with the objectives outlined in the ‘Veto’ programme, i.e. the national programme for increasing the attraction of worklife. The aware-ness of them has increased, people have a favourable attitude towards worklife and retire on a pension later than before. The key objective has been to extend working careers by means of social and health care services.

The programme has provided a forum for examining problems of worklife and the reasons behind them. It has enabled a large-scale discussion with stakeholders, NGOs and research institutes. Also, a great number of development projects were funded through the programme. The implementation of reforms presupposes that attitudes are changed in a direction that is favourable to them. This was seen, not only as an independent objective but also as a means of supporting other objectives. During the programme, attitudes were altered in a more favourable direction towards work, and worklife issues, problems and solutions were taken up for discussion as important themes.

The monitoring group for the ‘Veto’ Programme drew up its first followup report in 2006. This report is a continuation of it. The relevant statistics and indicators have been updated and changes have also been evaluated on the basis of surveys and studies. A further aim has been to develop the indicators making use of the experiences gained.

A Manual for Training in Workplace Health Promotion.

Tilia Bousios — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:36:00 GMT

This project, funded by the European Foundation, initially developed a training framework and then a training manual for professional training in the area of Workplace Health Promotion. It also undertook widespread dissemination activities throughout Europe, which, inter alia, involved network development. The project led directly to the training of more than 5000 people throughout Europe and is still being used in a number of countries.

The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion

Tilia Bousios — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:25:43 GMT

This conference was primarily a response to growing expectations for a new public health movement around the world. Discussions focused on the needs in industrialized countries, but took into account similar concerns in all other regions. It built on the progress made through the Declaration on Primary Health Care at Alma-Ata, the World Health Organization's Targets for Health for All document, and the recent debate at the World Health Assembly on intersectoral action for health.