Belgium -Advice social partners on health prevention transposed into law -May 23, 2014

Jun 5, 2014 - A joint advice of the social partners on the reform of health and safety at the workplace has been transposed into legislation. The official journal published two royal decrees that bring within reach a multi-disciplinary policy of prevention at the workplace.

A joint advice of the social partners on the reform of health and safety at the workplace has been transposed into legislation. The official journal published two royal decrees that bring within reach a multi-disciplinary policy of prevention at the workplace. Employers will pay a basic rate for their external prevention agency, irrespective of the actual use of medical checks by the workforce. The system is based on solidarity and provides the opportunity to use, next to labour doctors, other expertise like psychologic or ergonomic care.

Dutch: http://www.acv-online.be/Actualiteit/Nieuws/Detail/hervorming_arbeidsgeneeskunde ...  

French: http://www.csc-en-ligne.be/Actualite/Communiques/detail/reforme-fondamentale ...  

 

For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) cbn-aias@uva.nl or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova mnikolova@etui.org. For previous issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit http://www.etui.org/E-Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net.

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