Spain: the strategy for health and safety at work will be adopted soon, but without a territorial union representative

The Spanish government is set to adopt its strategy for health and safety at work next January. But the creation of a territorial union representative in charge of prevention and health in small companies will very likely be abandoned. (Ref. 061272)
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The creation of this new form of worker representation, in the companies with no delegate for prevention, was at the center of the discussions started in October by the social partners (see story n° 061166). But the employers’ organizations, Cepyme and CEOE, refused until the end the creation of this territorial delegate whose role is to co-elaborate with the employer the health and safety policy. “This new figure will exert an additional pressure whereas there is already the labour inspectora

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