The European Social Insurance Platform (ESIP), the Partnership for European Research in Occupational Safety and Health (PEROSH), the European Forum of the Insurance against Accidents at Work and Occupational Diseases and the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) cordially invite you under the auspices of MEPs Ole Christensen (S&D), Karima Delli (Greens/EFA) and Georges Bach (EPP) to a breakfast discussion about “Safe and Healthy Workplaces: a precondition for well-being, growth and competitiveness in Europe”.
> On Tuesday, 12th January 2016, at 8:00 am
> At the European Parliament, Members Restaurant Salon, ground floor, rue Wiertz 60, 1047 Brussels
Employment in a healthy and safe working environment is not only beneficial for the individual employee but also for employers and insurers and therefore enhances the European economy. Employers with high occupational safety and health standards tend to be more successful and profit from lower sickness absence rates of their employees. Furthermore, occupational safety and health prevention measures contribute to the sustainability of social insurance systems as the reduction of work-related accidents and diseases avoids further medical and rehabilitation expenses.
ESIP and PEROSH, as well as the EU-OSHA and the European Forum of the Insurance against Accidents at Work and Occupational Diseases being active in the field of occupational safety and health at European level have published several positions on this issue. In this breakfast event we would be happy to discuss important future research and policy priorities as well as best practices to minimise occupational accidents and work-related hazards with experts and decision makers in the field.
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> Conference language: English