Spain: the hold-up risk must be integrated into the prevention plan

In a decision delivered on March 12, 2007, the national hearing qualified hold-ups of professional risk. In this case which concerns the Caja de Ahorros bank, it forces the employer to integrate this risk in its prevention plan and to establish measures specifically aimed at the employees' protection. (Ref. 070310)
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This decision results from appeal of the sectorial federation COMFIA-CCOO and the Caja de Ahorros independent union (CSICA,) who blamed the organism in charge of the employees’ health and security for all of the bank company’s agencies for not integrating the hold-up risk in the prevention plan. The decision’s immediate impact is to force the 35 agencys to plan possible measures to repair the risk and set up personnel’s training. Banks will no longer be able to pretend that the presence of a gu

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