The circular Sacconi: traditional risk assessment but also the intangible
ROME - Loads and pace of work, hours and shifts, career paths and even conflicts with colleagues. These are some of the stressors to be evaluated in all workplaces, public and private, large or small, to implement, where necessary, measures to eliminate or minimize stress. This provides the circular signed Thursday by the Ministry of Labour in implementation of the Consolidated Health and Safety at Work. How then the 'path' set out in the document will be applied in practice remains to be seen, although it is easy to predict that on a matter as sensitive and discretionary, however, many conflicts could arise between companies and workers. The circular is a duty, both because the European regulations and the national state, as explained by a note from the ministry headed by Maurizio Sacconi, that 'the risk assessment work must include all the risks to health and safety of workers and of workers. Not only, therefore, the traditional factors, such as, for example, the use of harmful substances or dangerous machinery, but also the "risks of such intangible, including, specifically, those concerning the work-related stress."
THE COURSE - To establish the method by which to identify this risk category, a panel of experts from government, regions and social partners adopted a path, "which represents the minimum level of implementation of the obligation" to which must follow "all employers." First, the circular says, we should define what is the "work-related stress," according to the European Agreement of 8 October 2004: it is the "condition that may be accompanied by discomfort or dysfunction of physical, psychological or social consequence and that some individuals do not feel able to respond to requests or expectations placed in them. " However, the ministry warns perhaps Conscious of this definition, stress is to consider only those caused by 'factors specific to the context and the content of the work. " We should not be confused with short personal or family stress.
EVALUATION GROUP ON TWO-STAGE - Even for this, says the circular, the evaluation must be made on "groups of workers exposed to stress in a homogeneous" and not on the individual. By whom? As with all other risk factors, by the employer, "using the charge of prevention and protection with the involvement of the competent physician, if appointed, and after consulting the representative of the workers' safety." The evaluation is done in two phases. The first mandatory intended to detect "objective and verifiable indicators' of various kinds: the index of injury "Specific and formalized frequent complaints by workers 'shifts from the" interpersonal conflicts at work, "the correspondence between the skills of workers and what prompted them to' development and career development." If you do not indicate risk, the employer must only account for them in the paper include a risk assessment and monitoring plan. If, however, are stress factors, we proceed to phase two: first the adoption of "appropriate corrective action" and then, if the situation does not improve, the 'thorough assessment', including 'questionnaires, focus groups and semi-structured interviews '. Only in undertakings employing "Up to 5 workers", the procedure may be easier, for example, "meetings" between employer and employees. The procedures set out in the circular from next December 31. Good luck.
Author: Henry Marro
Source: http://www.corriere.it
THE COURSE - To establish the method by which to identify this risk category, a panel of experts from government, regions and social partners adopted a path, "which represents the minimum level of implementation of the obligation" to which must follow "all employers." First, the circular says, we should define what is the "work-related stress," according to the European Agreement of 8 October 2004: it is the "condition that may be accompanied by discomfort or dysfunction of physical, psychological or social consequence and that some individuals do not feel able to respond to requests or expectations placed in them. " However, the ministry warns perhaps Conscious of this definition, stress is to consider only those caused by 'factors specific to the context and the content of the work. " We should not be confused with short personal or family stress.
EVALUATION GROUP ON TWO-STAGE - Even for this, says the circular, the evaluation must be made on "groups of workers exposed to stress in a homogeneous" and not on the individual. By whom? As with all other risk factors, by the employer, "using the charge of prevention and protection with the involvement of the competent physician, if appointed, and after consulting the representative of the workers' safety." The evaluation is done in two phases. The first mandatory intended to detect "objective and verifiable indicators' of various kinds: the index of injury "Specific and formalized frequent complaints by workers 'shifts from the" interpersonal conflicts at work, "the correspondence between the skills of workers and what prompted them to' development and career development." If you do not indicate risk, the employer must only account for them in the paper include a risk assessment and monitoring plan. If, however, are stress factors, we proceed to phase two: first the adoption of "appropriate corrective action" and then, if the situation does not improve, the 'thorough assessment', including 'questionnaires, focus groups and semi-structured interviews '. Only in undertakings employing "Up to 5 workers", the procedure may be easier, for example, "meetings" between employer and employees. The procedures set out in the circular from next December 31. Good luck.
Author: Henry Marro
Source: http://www.corriere.it
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