EU: the European social partners assess the implementation of their agreement on work-related stress

Unlike the autonomous agreement on telework, the first of this kind, the agreement on stress didn’t come in a totally new legislative and regulatory framework at the national level. Thus, its implementation helped adjusting the existing framework in the different EU countries and to detail exiting measures on the prevention and management of risks, while in a context of social dialogue highly welcomed by the European social partners. This element is all the more important since evaluating work-related stress is very subjective and can change from one region or undertaking to the next.
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in a totally new legislative and regulatory framework at the national level. Thus, its implementation helped adjusting the existing framework in the different EU countries and to detail exiting measures on the prevention and management of risks, while in a context of social dialogue highly welcomed by the European social partners. This element is all the more important since evaluating work-related stress is very subjective and can change from one region or undertaking to the next.


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