ion launched by the European Commission at the end of 2008 (see our dispatch No. 090028), BusinessEurope announced that it wasn’t in favor of measures forbidding smoking at work. The European employers’ federation thinks that “non-binding initiatives” would be more appropriate, since it is a public health issue, which shouldn’t be dealt with under the remit of workplace health and safety. It also said that Member States are competent first. (Ref. 090205)
On December 10,
2008, the European C