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Healthy Workplaces Campaign 2012-13

Name and title of speaker

Date | Event title

Safety and health at work is everyones concern. Its good for you. Its good for business.

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Rights, duties and playing your part

Permanent employee, Agency worker, contractor?

You need to be aware of issues that affect your health and safety at

work:

Your employers responsibilities

Your rights and responsibilities

How to contribute to safe and healthy work

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In workplaces with health and safety culture

Leadership is strong, with management:

Demonstrating commitment to health and safety

Creating the conditions for a partnership approach

Everyone

Participates fully

Accepts their rights, roles and responsibilities in relation to health and

safety

Works together to prevent ill-health and injury

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Why get involved?

Because a safe workplace protects your health

No one knows better than you how to do your job and how your work

affects you

If everyone does their bit it can make a real difference

Workplaces where employees are active in health and safety often

have lower accident rates

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Rights and responsibilities

You have the right to work in a place where risks to your health and

safety are properly controlled

Your employer is mainly responsible for taking care of this, but you also

have a duty to help prevent ill-health and injury

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What your employer must do for your health and safety

Assess the risks and put in place preventive measures

Tell you about risks and train you

Provide toilets, drinking water, rest and first-aid facilities, and any

protective equipment and clothing

Report injuries, diseases and dangerous incidents

Work with other employers and contractors involved in the workplace

and temporary employment agencies

Consult and involve you and your representatives over risks and safety

measures

National legislation and practices can vary in how consultation takes

place

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What you must do

As an employee, you have a legal duty to:

Do your job safely the way you have been trained, using the right

safety devices, personal protective equipment, etc.

Cooperate with your employer on safety and health

Tell your employer, supervisor or worker representative if you think

the work or poor safety measures are posing a risk to health

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Health and safety management needs worker

participation

To involve you, your employer should:

Encourage you to report safety problems

Actively involve you in spotting problems

Ask you to suggest ideas for improving safety measures

Make it clear your ideas are valued and will be seriously considered

Give you recognition for your idea

Explain which ideas they will take forward and which they wont and

why

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A two-way process

Worker involvement is a two-way process where employers and

their employees/employee representatives:

Talk and listen to one another

Raise concerns and solve problems together

Seek and share views and information

Discuss issues in good time

Make decisions together

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Get involved!

You know the risks in your workplace get involved to help manage

them and raise health and safety standards for you and your

workmates

Be ready to:

Cooperate

Speak up

Be assertive

Pay attention

Accept feedback

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Ways of getting involved

Ask questions, make suggestions

Report any accidents and health and safety problems

Speak to your worker representative

Participate in any activities to involve workers

Tell your doctor if you think any health problems could be work-related.

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Young worker / New to the job?

When you first start a job you are particularly prone to accidents. To

protect yourself:

Ask questions during training

If you are unsure of something, check with your supervisor

Consult more experienced co-workers

Speak up with ideas or observations

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Find out more about your health and safety at work

EU-OSHA webpages on worker participation

EU-OSHA campaign site

EU-OSHA factsheets in 24 languages

Your national health and safety authority

Trade unions and trade associations

Work accident insurance organisations

Workplaces where employers and employees work together on

OSH are safer for everyone

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Network-based campaigning

Core strength: national focal points and tripartite networks.

But also engage otherstakeholders/partners

Official campaign partners (Pan-European and international

organisations) including social partners, NGOs, sectoral federations

and networks, private companies

EU institutions including European Commission, EU Parliament, EU

representations,

EU agencies, Enterprise Europe Network

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How to get involved?

The campaign is open to all individuals and organisations. You can

get involved by:

Disseminating campaign information and materials

Joining in with one of the many events, conferences, competitions,

advertising campaigns taking place during the campaign

Organising your own activities

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Campaign partnership offer

Pan-European organisations can also apply to be campaign

partners. The Agency offers:

Partner certificate

Welcome pack

Promotion at EU level and in the media

Online Communication Platform

Partner web section

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European Good Practice Awards

Recognise outstanding and innovative contributions

Encourage managers and workers to work together

Enhance workplace safety and health

EU Member States, EEA, Western Balkans and Turkey

Two categories:

Workplaces employing fewer than 100 people

Those with 100 or more workers

Winners chosen from entries submitted by national focal points

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Resources

Campaign guide

Practical guides for workers and managers

Good practice examples

News about campaign events

Presentations and animated video clips

All available in 24 languages

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Campaign launch 18 April 2012

European Weeks for

Safety and Health at Work October 2012 and 2013

Good Practice Awards Ceremony April 2013

Healthy Workplaces Summit November 2013

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Key dates

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Further information

Visit the campaign website

www.healthy-workplaces.eu

To find out about events and activities in your country, contact your

national focal point

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