EU: European social partners will not start negotiations on the prevention of MSD

As an answer to the European Commission's second consultation launched with European social partners on musculoskeletal disordes, the European employers organization BusinessEurope and the European trade union confederation gave their answer. BusinessEurope refuses any directive or negotiation on this topic, whereas the ETUC is asking for a specific directive. (Ref. 070435)
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The European Commission was questioning, on the occasion of a second consultation step, European social partners on the interest of an action at the European level in terms of musculoskeletal disordes. In particular, it offered to complete the legislative arsenal by a new directive on MSD.

No new regulation. On the one hand, the employer organization BusinessEurope underlined the lack of statistical and medical data on this topic, the Commission basing its judgment only on two enquiries concern

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