Our failure to prevent known risks: occupational safety and health in the healthcare sector during the COVID-19 pandemic
European Trade Union Institute, Brussels
ETUI - Brussels
2020
9 p.
medical care ; health ; occupational safety and health ; epidemic disease ; risk assessment ; work organization ; working conditions ; gender ; EU law
ETUI Policy Brief. European Economic, Employment and Social Policy
11/2020
Occupational safety and health
English
Bibliogr.
2031-8782
"Hazards from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, should be addressed in line with the EU Biological Agents Directive and by means of a strengthened centralised capacity of the European Union for the monitoring of and response to health emergencies.
Mitigating and preventing the impact of the illness, COVID-19, should be done by classifying it as an occupational disease, ensuring the availability of personal protective equipment (PPE) and testing for health workers, and engaging workers in all aspects of ‘work organisation'.
The coronavirus crisis, which is the result of the impact of the nexus of austerity/virus/illness on society at large, should trigger a transformative change in the care economy, leading to the valuing of care work, pay transparency, full acknowledgement of psychosocial risks such as violence and harassment in the world of work, measures to promote occupational health equity, sustainable health workforce planning and the inclusion of the currently absent gender aspect in EU legislation on occupational safety and health."
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La nostra incapacità di prevenire i rischi noti: sicurezza e salute sul lavoro nel settore sanitario durante la pandemia COVID-19
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SindNova, 2021. - 13 p.
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