Fitness for purpose of occupational safety and health monitoring and enforcement in the european union

• Elizabeth Bluff ^[1] ; Richard Johnstone ^[2] ; David Walters ^[3] ; Hans Jørgen Limborg ^[4] ; Ulrik Gensby ^[5]
  1. [1] Australian National University

     Australian National University

     Australia

     
  2. [2] Queensland University of Technology

     Queensland University of Technology

     Australia

     
  3. [3] Cardiff University

     Cardiff University

     Castle, Reino Unido

     
  4. [4] Roskilde University

     Roskilde University

     Dinamarca

     
  5. [5] Institute for Work and Health

     Institute for Work and Health

     Lausana, Suiza

     

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• Localización: Comparative labor law and policy journal, ISSN 1095-6654, Vol. 42, Nº. 3, 2022, págs. 679-704
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In the complex European Union (EU) system, the 27 Member States (the EU27) are separately responsible for monitoring and enforcing compliance with occupational safety and health (OSH) regulatory standards, through the activities of one or more regulatory institutions in each country (the OSH regulators). The processes of monitoring entail gathering information through inspections, investigations and audits about how regulated firms and individuals (regulatees) have responded to regulatory standards; and enforcement encompasses the use of regulatory measures and sanctions to persuade, induce or compel regulatees to comply with the standards. This article analyzes OSH regulators’ approaches to monitoring and enforcing compliance, and their “fitness for purpose” in the context of the contemporary and evolving work landscape.