Spain : unions and employers in the metal industry sign an agreement on safety at work

Information. Information will be communicated by visits of delegates to work sites in firms with 6 to 50 employees. Hitherto, visits by people appointed by the unions to companies without staff representation had been an obstacle to the launching of a safety awareness campaign in the very small and small-size firms, which have proportionally the highest risk rates for their employees. According to Confemetal, this agreement should be a “decisive instrument for achieving the goals of prevention, protection, training and information on health and safety”; The employers’ association of the sector insists on the need to involve all actors in prevention procedures in order to seek to identify risks, eliminate or reduce them and adopt measures adapting the job to the employee by protecting his health and physical integrity. The agreement also provides for the creation of a joint body charged with promoting health and safety in the workplace. Its assignments will feature the communication of information and the preparation of training campaigns for risk prevention as well as reporting accidents, producing statistics and studies on trends so as to propose appropriate solutions. 
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greement also provides for the creation of a joint body charged with promoting health and safety in the workplace. Its assignments will feature the communication of information and the preparation of training campaigns for risk prevention as well as reporting accidents, producing statistics and studies on trends so as to propose appropriate solutions.

A professional card. The agreement also includes the creation of a professional card required by December 31, 2011 in accordance with the legisla

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