Analysis of national occupational health and safety policies
Watterson, Andrew ; Constantinoaia, Corneliu
2004
22-23
54-56
EU Directive ; EU enlargement ; history ; implementation ; labour law ; occupational safety and health ; social dialogue ; state intervention ; trade union role ; trade union document
Bulgaria ; Finland ; Lithuania ; Romania ; Sweden ; Slovenia ; United Kingdom
English
"Contributors to the workshop came from Bulgaria, Finland, Lithuania, Romania, Slovenia Sweden, and UK. The workshop provided insights into and discussion of a diverse range of national occupational health and safety policies from old and new/candidate member States, large and small countries, countries that were international leaders in the field and those countries just embarking on the EU path. All countries had histories of health and safety at work activities and different traditions and strengths to draw on and the session papers revealed how in some instances, effective structures in pre-accession States may have been dismantled or downgraded and their replacements sometimes not fully tested. ..."
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