Social Dialogue and Psychosocial Risk Management: Added Value of Manager and Employee Representative Agreement in Risk Perception and Awareness

The present study aimed to explore the added value of managers’ and employee representatives’ agreement in risk perception and awareness in explaining the management of more ‘subjective’ psychosocial risks as compared to the more ‘objective’ traditional OSH risks. The general assumption tested was whether the added value of agreement in risk...

Interventions to prevent and manage psychosocial risks and work-related stress

Prevention is the cornerstone of the European approach to managing occupational safety and health. Prevention means anticipating and analysing the various aspects of work to identify short and long term risks, and then taking action to eliminate or mitigate those risks; that is identifying and addressing the source of the problem. The actions...

Policy-level interventions in occupational health: What works and when: A UK case study analysis

Promoting mental health in the workplace: Guidance to implementing a comprehensive approach

Evaluation of policy and practice to promote mental health in the workplace in Europe

Drivers and barriers for psychosocial risk management: an analysis of the findings of the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER)

In 2009, EU-OSHA carried out the first Europe-wide establishment survey on health and safety at the workplace, the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER). Following on from the initial analysis presented in the descriptive overview report in 2010, four secondary analysis projects have been carried out in 2011. This...

Developing a standard for psychosocial risk management: PAS 1010

The nature of work has changed dramatically due to globalisation, migration, technological advances and the emergence of the knowledge-based economy. These changes have been accompanied by the increased prevalence of new and emerging types of risk to workers' health and safety, such as psychosocial risks. This paper reviews the key regulatory...

Corporate Social Responsibility and Psychosocial Risk Management in Europe

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a comprehensive concept that aims at the promotion of responsible business practices closely linked to the strategy of enterprises. Although there is no single accepted definition of CSR, it remains an inspiring, challenging and strategic development that is becoming an increasingly important priority for...

Policy-level interventions and work-related psychosocial risk management in the European Union

There exists a substantial degree of diversity across strategies to prevent and manage work- related psychosocial risks and their associated health effects. Whereas it is common to distinguish between organizational and individual interventions, the important level of policy- level interventions has been largely neglected in the mainstream...

European Survey of Enterprises on new and emering risks: Key findings on psychosocial risk management at the workplace

Corporate Social Responsibility and Psychosocial Risk Management

Key issues in policy research for psychosocial risk management and the way forward

Developing indicators for psychosocial risk management

Guidance on the European Framework for Psychosocial Risk Management: a resource for employers and worker representatives

The overarching aim of this document is the promotion of the translation of policy and knowledge into practice. As such, guidance is provided in relation to key issues including risk assessment, social dialogue and employee participation, key indicators, best practice interventions and corporate social responsibility in the factsheets listed on...

Towards the development of a European framework for psychosocial risk management at the workplace