Council recommendation of 18 February 2003 concerning the improvement of the protection of the health and safety at work of self-employed workers

The Recommendation encourages Member States to implement various measures to promote the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases among self-employed:

• promote the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases of self-employed workers,
• choose appropriate measures (legislation, incentives, information campaigns, encouragement of relevant stakeholders) for safety and health promotion,
• carry out measures to provide information and advice on the prevention of accidents and diseases,
• take the measures for the access to sufficient training,
• support easy access to that information and training without excessive expenses for the self-employed workers,
• provide measures for the access to health surveillance.

Publication details
Published by: Council of the European Union
Publication date: 18 February 2003