Xabier IrastorzaEuropean Risk Observatory

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Working Conditions and Health and Safety surveys in Europe: stocktaking, challenges an perspectivesOSE - ETUI Brussels, 18 March 2009

Brief description of EU-OSHA-1

Established in Bilbao in 1996 To help improve working conditions in the EU by

collecting, analysing and communicating technical, scientific and economic information to people involved in safety and health at work (OSH)

Brief description of EU-OSHA-2

Tripartism as basic principle

The Agency is a tripartite European Union organisation and brings together representatives from: governments employers’ workers’ organisations as well as from the European Commission

Brief description of EU-OSHA-3European Risk Observatory

Aim: the identification of new and emerging risks

Analyse trends, anticipate changes in the world of work and their possible effects on OSH

Stimulating reflection among the Agency’s stakeholders and providing a platform for debate

http://riskobservatory.osha.europa.eu/

Contribute to ‘real-time’ dimension of the European Risk Observatory (ERO)

Provide answers to European OSH questions and describe factors underlying emerging risks

Assist in directing action, setting policies and supporting campaigns

Generate a high-visibility, large-scale initiative Contribute to genuine culture of risk prevention

Motivation for a survey

Survey topic: Psychosocial risks

Management view General H&S management in the establishment H&S risks in the establishment Management of psychosocial risks in the

establishment Barriers for psychosocial risk management and

existing support Formal employee representation in OSH issues

Survey topic: Psychosocial risks

Employee view Role of employee representative in OSH issues Resources and training of employee

representatives in OSH issues General H&S management OSH and psychosocial risks Psychosocial risk management Drivers and barriers for psychosocial risk

management

Telephone survey of managers and H&S reps. Minima of 500, 1000 or 1500 interviews per MS All enterprises with >10 employees All sectors except NACE ‘A’, ‘T’ & ‘U’ EU-27 (Community budget) Croatia and Turkey (IPA funds) Switzerland and Norway (own costs)

Survey specification

Project outline

Kick-off December 2007 Stepwise approach: 3 phases Total budget for EU27: €2.3 million 24 months duration from 2007 to 2009 Cooperation with Eurofound Survey Advisory Group

Project GANTT

2007 2008 2009

Work packages Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 WP 1.1 Design of the survey methodology

Pha

se 1

WP 1.2 Design of the questionnaires

WP 2.1 Development of national version questionnaires

Pha

se 2

WP 2.2 Design and implementation of a sampling strategy

WP 3.1 Fieldwork

Pha

se 3

WP 3.2 Data delivery and reporting

Project contractor

Consortium leader: TNS Infratest Sozialforschung

Partners Institute of Work, Health and Organisations (I-WHO) Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin TNO Quality of Life – Work & Employment Group of additional experts: BG, IT, FI, CY, PL. TNS opinion and TNS network of national fieldwork

institutes

Key dates

End of quantitative pilot: 24/10/08 Expert discussion on pilot results: 04/11/08 Consultation of survey advisory group: 07/11/08 Final English master questionnaire: 14/11/08 Final versions: 16/02/09 Fieldwork: 13/03/09 First results: Oct 2009 Data delivery: 28/04/10

Status report

Result of pilot and expert discussions Employee representatives’ definition Specification of application for web presentation Approximately 45 ‘OSH questions’ in managers’

questionnaire and 35 in health & safety reps’ Total of 28,500 interviews with managers and

approximately 10,000 with health and safety reps.

Thank you!

Xabier Irastorzairastorza@osha.europa.eu