Resources
- POOSH country reports (11)
- Case studies and reports (53)
- Related projects (20)
- Policy briefs (12)
- Other (1)
Keywords
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Safer and healthier work at any age: Country Inventory: Belgium
Verjans, M., Vandenbroeck, S., Lambreghts, C., Fries-Tersch, E. (2016). European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA).
Belgium, 2016
The report especially focuses on age related factors of OSH, but provides a section on labour, OSH and antidiscrimination Belgian legislation. It does not mention the situation of posted workers specifically as general legislation applies to them.
Evaluation of the EU Occupational Safety and Health Directives: Country Summary Report for Belgium
Vancauwenbergh, S., Meura, L., Bruggeman, V. (2015). COWI, OIM, Milieu Ltd.
Belgium, 2015
The report summarizes the national legal framework regarding OSH in Belgium, focusing on the implementation of EU Directives. It provides information on the main authorities, stakeholders and legislation and maps the measures adopted by Belgium in order to improve the implementation of OSH requirements. It does not mention the situation of posted workers specifically as general legislation applies to them.
The Belgian National Strategy for Wellbeing at Work 2016-2020 as proposed by the Minister of Employment: Strategic and operational objective
Minister of Employment (2015). Brussels: Ministry of Employment.
Belgium, 2015
The Belgian National Strategy for Wellbeing at Work 2016-2020 includes data on accidents at work and occupational diseases and offers an overview on preventive measures developed in order to achieve the main objectives of the national strategy. It does not mention the situation of posted workers specifically as general legislation applies to them.
Croatia: New law on occupational health and safety
Bejakovič, P., Klemenčič, I. (2015). Dublin: Eurofound.
Ireland, 2015
This report provides basic information on law on occupational health and safety passed by Croatia’s parliament on 30 May 2014. This law establishes a new governing body and builds on the previous 1996 act, now allowing employers to use audio and video monitoring devices. The act also introduces measures to help combat stress at work.
Posting Report: Belgium
EFBWW, FIEC (2014). Brussels: EFBWW.
Belgium, 2014
The report focuses on occupational, safety and health regulations applied to posted workers employed in the construction sector in Belgium. The section on “Health and safety rules” gives an overview of the procedures to be adopted in order to comply with the existing rules.
Regulation and Enforcement of Posted Workers Employment Rights (PostER): Belgian Case Study Final Report
Ouali, N. (2012). Brussels: Université Libre de Bruxelles.
Belgium, 2012
This report presents the labour legislation applied to posted workers in Belgium and analyses the working conditions of posted workers in the construction industry and in the transport sector. Moreover, it examines existing good practices aimed at informing workers of their rights.
OSH in figures: Occupational safety and health in the transport sector – an overview
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (2011). Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.
Luxembourg, 2011
This report, the fifth in the European Risk Observatory’s ‘OSH in figures’ series, seeks to describe the OSH situation of European transport workers and give an outlook to expected future developments. Work organisational changes as well as customer expectations and conflicting demands in a growing service economy have contributed to an increase in violence, there are growing concerns about transport workers fatigue, and increasingly transport workers suffer from stress and a variety of musculoskeletal disorders.
OSH in figures: stress at work — facts and figures
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (2009). Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.
Luxembourg, 2009
This report discusses the prevalence of stress and the trends in work-related stress in the Member States of the European Union (based on international and national data), identifying those groups particularly exposed to stress in their working lives, subdivided by age, gender, sector, occupation, and employment status.
L’analyse des risques [Risk analysis]
Belgian Federal Public Service Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue (2009). Brussels: SPF.
Belgium, 2009
This guide presents a detailed overview of roles and responsibilities of the parties involved in the dynamic risk management system (employers, supervisors, prevention advisors, workers, committee for prevention and protection at work). It does not mention the situation of posted workers specifically as general legislation applies to them.
INFO-POW: Assessment of the channels of information and their use in the posting of workers. Country report Belgium
De Smedt, L. & De Wispelaere, F. (2023). Leuven: HIVA‑KU Leuven.
Belgium, 2023
This country report for Belgium aims to present the perspectives of posting and receiving companies in the construction sector in terms of access to information on the posting of workers. The report is based on three data collection methodologies: a mapping exercise of the channels of information available, expert interviews with the national stakeholders, and a survey with posting and receiving companies based in Belgium.