Summary code: Employment and social policy / Health, hygiene and safety at work / Chemical, physical and biological agents Internal market / Single Market for Goods / Construction / The health and safety of workers Public health / Health determinants: environment / Electromagntic fields

17. Calls on the Member States to take account of the gender dimension in procedures for assessing health and safety at work risks; calls, in this connection, for support for gender mainstreaming training, for knowledge and activities for safety representatives, labour inspectors and workplace doctors, especially with regard to gender-related violence in order to identify and provide help for victims of domestic violence, bullying or sexual harassment, and for the exchange of best ...[+++] practices, in order to foster better working conditions; stresses the importance of involving female and male workers in decision-making, monitoring and review processes;

5. Welcomes the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, and urges the signatories and other parties involved to implement its measures, including but not limited to: appointment of a qualified Safety Inspector; a swift initial inspection of each factory covered by the accord; the right of a worker to refuse work that he or she has reasonable justification to believe is unsafe, without suffering discrimination or loss of pay; and establishment of health and safety committees in all signatory factories; urges the signatories, furthermore, to develop and agree an implementation plan within 45 days of the entry into force of th ...[+++]e accord;

Summary code: Employment and social policy / Community employment policies / Community employment policy instruments Employment and social policy / Social and employment situation in Europe / Information and incentives Employment and social policy / Job creation measures / Job creation measures / Positive actions Employment and social policy / Health, hygiene and safety at work / General Specific provisions Employment and social policy / Social protection / Coordination of social security systems Employment and social policy / Equalit ...[+++]y between men and women / General framework / Financial aspects Employment and social policy / Social inclusion and the fight against poverty / Transversal actions Employment and social policy / Anti-discrimination and relations with civil society / Tackling discrimination Justice, freedom and security / Discrimination / General framework

– (PT) Decent work, which is rightly promoted by the International Labour Organisation, must include the promotion of workers’ rights in a wide range of areas, namely employment, salaries, contracts, health, hygiene, safety at work, vocational training, promotion, social protection and security, collective contracts, social dialogue and removing discrimination and inequality.

F. whereas a consistently implemented culture of occupational health and safety protection in businesses could help OHS procedures to be implemented in an un-bureaucratic way and thus ensure effective protection,