Forums
A série "Forum" aborda questões específicas de segurança e saúde com o intuito de fornecer informações e promover o debate. As publicações desta série divulgam, em particular, os resultados de seminários e workshops em que tenham sido debatidas questões específicas e actuais da segurança e saúde no trabalho, em especial ligadas a temas de campanhas da Agência.
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published 2008-07-14
- 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.
