Gap between policy and practice in managing psychosocial risks

摘要

Nearly three-quarters of European companies lack procedures for managing workplace stress and other psychosocial risks, despite their increasing threat to workers, warns the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA). EU-OSHA has published two new reports examining the issue, at a time when increasing numbers of European workers are reporting problems with stress. Findings from its earlier European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER) show that only 3 per cent of organisations are tackling psychosocial risks in a systematic way, and 12 per cent had not implemented any of the key measures for manaqinq psvchosocial risks covered by the survey.