9 Amendments of Antonyia PARVANOVA related to 2011/2147(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that top priority must be given to a preventive approach when promoting health and safety at work and that this approach must be firmly rooted both in the EU strategy and in the national strategies, when promoting health and safety at work, the EU and the Member States must give priority to a preventive approach and enable all workers fully to reconcile work and private life;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the EU and the Member States to develop a European programme for the monitoring of occupational hazards (in particular musculoskeletal and psychosocial problems), based on health indicators, definitions and epidemiological tools common to the 27 Member States; stresses the need for an integrated approach to monitoring, taking into account both the career paths of current employees and the state of health of those who have retired;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reminds that the workplace is to be considered as a privileged platform to support the EU and Member States' prevention strategies, addressing both communicable or non-communicable diseases, and that employers, workers organisation and other social partners have a great role to play in promoting healthy lifestyles and health literacy among the working population
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that work-related accidents are more frequent amongst certain categories of workers than others – e.g. young, older and migrant workers, and those with precarious jobs (including fixed-term contracts and temporary or part-time jobs) – are more frequently exposed to occupational hazards; calls therefore on the Commission and Member States to adopt more specific preventive measures for these target groups;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the framework directive on health and safety at work ( 89/391/EEC) is already over 20 years old but has yet to see any substantial amendments, so itand therefore needs to be adapted to the new challenges posed by the changes in the working environment and developments in healthcare management, such as the increase in mental health problems; and musculoskeletal disorders, in order to focus on targeted employment policies supporting employee's workability, health and well-being
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the framework directive on health and safety at work (89/391/EEC) is already over 20 years old but has yet to see any substantial amendments, so it needs to be adapted to the new challenges posed by changes in the working environment, such as the increase in mental health problemnew occupational hazards, such as musculoskeletal problems, mental health problems and other psychosocial hazards;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets that the European framework agreement on harassment and violence at work (2007) is not binding and for this reason calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for a directive on the prevention of violence at worke fact that there is no single common definition of moral harassment at the European level; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop effective national strategies for combating violence at work which are based on a definition of moral harassment common to the 27 Member States;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that the incidence of physicalmen and womental stress factors differs between men and women and these factors result in different pressures, complaints and work-related illnesse are affected to differing degrees by occupational hazards, be these psychosocial or physical (including musculoskeletal problems); also points out that precarious employment contracts, in particular temporary or part-time jobs, may be linked to increased physical and psychosocial occupational hazards; for this reason, urges the Member States to mainstream gender aspectstake account, in their national strategies, of the gender dimension and the hazards associated with different types of employment contract;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 f (new)
Paragraph 7 f (new)
7f. Calls on the Member States to implement as quickly as possible the Directive 2010/32/EU on the protection of healthcare workers from sharps injuries and to ensure highest level of protection from patients and healthcare workers being exposed to healthcare associated infections;