Xavier Bertrand announced on Wednesday March 12 launch of a national survey to measure stress at work and identify areas affected. Labor Minister also announced that an "epidemiological monitoring" on suicides at work would be launched in 2009 and entrusted to the National Institute of Health Surveillance (INVS), in conjunction with the health and CNAM ( health insurance). He said that the social partners should meet soon to transpose into French law a European framework agreement on stress signed in 2004. These three announcements are subsequent surrender to the minister, on Wednesday, the report on working conditions commissioned two experts, Philippe Nasse, statistician and economist, and Patrick Légeron, psychiatrist.
The report details eight proposals for action. These will be implemented by the Guidance Council working conditions.
Create an overall indicator in conducting a national survey on stress at work. The survey will identify areas and sectors where stress is above average. The results will be published early 2009.
On this subject, the minister wishes to propose at the next conference between the Government and social partners on working conditions in spring, the idea of "negotiations required for the detection and prevention of stress" in the most affected.
Develop specific indicators. The goal is to preserve existing national surveys and develop specific indicators from additional movement of labor, disease stops short and exploit the reports of medicine and inspectors work.
Launch pilot projects in the public service. Like the actions already developed by some private companies to explore, explain and prevent the consequences of psychosocial risks, the State must also take the initiative to launch investigations into its own . The report recommends that the Technical Committees and the Joint Committee for Occupational Health and Safety engage discussions between representatives of staff and directions. The conference on career paths and working conditions in the civil service could also incorporate this aspect.
Analyzing the role of incentives for more preventive behavior in the operation of the branch injuries and occupational diseases for the National Health Insurance salaried workers.
Identify the suicides of employees at work and make a psychological analysis of the various parameters that may be involved in the suicidal gesture of an employee - his personality, his personal difficulties, the environmental conditions of employment - and this , Beyond the understandable emotional reactions that this raises. The report recommends follow the approach of "psychological autopsy" of suicide, developed, inter alia, the United Kingdom and Finland.
Launch a public information campaign to address the issue calmly risks and psychosocial stress at work a "real" issue.
Former players within the company to improve their expertise psychosocial risks and strengthen the powers of referral to the committee on health, safety and working conditions for these risks.
Create an Internet portal to inform businesses and employees. Objective: to help the social partners, business leaders and especially the leaders of small businesses, to develop preventive actions of stress.
