Introduction to General Health & Safety Issues - EU

This introduction contains information on:
European legal system
EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2021-2027
COVID-19
Health and safety at work represents one of the most important and advanced fields of the social policy of the European Union (EU). Action on health and safety has its legal basis in article 137 of the Treaty of Amsterdam, which amended the Treaty of the European Union in 1997. This made provision for the improvement of the working environment to protect workers' health and safety. Such improvements had already started as...