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Community Strategy on Health and Safety at Work
On 11 March 2002, the Commission has published a Communication on a Community strategy on health and safety at work. The aim of the strategy was to facilitate the application of existing health and safety at work legislation and to come up with new ideas for the period in question. It was based on an inventory of the current situation, on the basis of which the Commission reiterates the three prerequisites for a safe and healthy workplace: consolidating risk prevention culture, better application of existing law and a global approach to wellbeing at work.
To meet these conditions, the Community strategy had proposed three main approaches: adapting the legal framework, support for innovative approaches (formulation of best practices, social dialogue, corporate social responsibility) and finally the mainstreaming of health and safety at work in other Community policies.
Other policy documents relevant to the field of health at work include the EU Framework Directive on Safety and Health (Council Directive 89/391/EC). This directive aims to put in place measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers through prevention, the provision of information and training, and the encouragement of worker participation.
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