Psychosocial risks, stress and mental health at work

Tabled by Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Séverine Werbrouck, Marie Dauchy, Mélanie Disdier

17. Stresses the Removed: need for minimum standards in the recognition, prevention and compensation of Added: importance of preventing work-related psychosocial risks, Removed: in order to avoid legal fragmentation and ensure equal protection of workers; calls on the Commission to propose a clear and legally binding definition of work-related psychosocial risks and psychosocial risk factors, covering risks arising from work organisation, design and management practices comprising those related to digital surveillance Added: including those associated with the use of digital and algorithmic management Removed: at the workplace, the social and relational context at work and working conditions, heat and extreme weather, affecting both physical and mental health, with particular impact on emergency responders and including issues such as work-related stress, mobbing burnout, harassment, violence and discrimination; underlines that such standards must be workable and easily implementable for companies of all sizes, with tailored and dedicated support for SMEs (e.g. simplified digital risk assessment tools, sectorial guidance, targeted financial or advisory assistance); stresses that such tailored support can help SMEs embed effective and sustainable psychosocial risk prevention in their daily operations while remaining fully aligned with the Union’s ambition to promote safe, healthy and productive workplaces; calls furthermore for algorithmic management systems and technologies to be better integrated into health and safety systems at workplaces, with the involvement of worker representatives; Added: tools; considers that Member States and social partners are best placed to determine appropriate measures in accordance with national circumstances; stresses that action at European level should respect the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality and avoid disproportionate burdens, in particular on SMEs and micro-enterprises;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE788.290