Forum 17 - Working safely in a multicultural HORECA sector : Forum publication on a Workshop held by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, 26-27 February 2007, Bilbao
This Forum publication reports on the workshop, ‘Working safely in a multicultural HORECA sector’, which was held in Bilbao, Spain from 26-27 February 2007. Its aims were to identify the main occupational safety and health problems of the hotel, restaurant and catering sector’s multicultural workforce, before moving on to share good practice and develop approaches to solve their problems. The HORECA sector has a high proportion of migrant workers, many of whom have few vocational qualifications and poor language skills. Working conditions in the sector are often poor, exposing workers to many hazards that may damage their health. These include musculoskeletal disorders, dermatological problems and respiratory problems.
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European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
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14.07.2008
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TE7007131ENC
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Safe and healthy workplaces help businesses and organisations to succeed and prosper and also benefit wider society. This guide gives business leaders practical information on how safety and health can be improved through effective leadership, worker involvement and ongoing assessment and review, making businesses and organisations safe and healthy for everyone. A diagnostic check gives an idea of the level of prevention in a company and provides ideas for improvement.
One conclusion from the EU-OSHA economic incentives project is that incentives schemes should not only reward past results of good OSH management (such as accident numbers in experience rating), but should also reward specific prevention efforts that aim to reduce future accidents and ill-health. Experts from the economic incentives project therefore suggested the development of compilations of innovative and evidence-based preventive solutions, starting with the three sectors construction, health care and HORECA (hotels, restaurants, catering). The preventive measures from these compilations are worth promoting in their own right, as well as being applied in economic incentives schemes. These preventive solutions can be used as a basis for incentive-providing organisations to develop their own incentive scheme, adapted to the specific situation in their sector and country.
This Guide on Economic Incentives Schemes is intended to serve as a practical and user-friendly guide to help incentive providers to create or optimise their own economic incentive schemes. Incentives schemes should not only reward past results of good OSH management (such as low accident numbers), but should also reward specific prevention efforts that aim to reduce future accidents and ill-health. Therefore the expert group suggested the development of compilations of innovative and evidence-based preventive solutions, starting with the three sectors construction, health care and HORECA.
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