Prevention of Psychosocial Risks in Labour Law: Role of the Law and Collective Bargaining

Héas, Franck

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Franck Héas⁵

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Abstract

Modern labour law is based on the principle of prevention. This is not a new requirement: for instance, in France, the first employment laws of 1841, 1874, and 1892 already aimed to limit working hours and protect certain categories of workers from the risks likely to result from their work.

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Some examples are given here. It is interesting to note that, even if the problem is linked to work organisation, few negotiations on poor working conditions refer to psychosocial risks, and, to the best of our knowledge, none on Job and Competency Planning (GPEC). On different approaches to psychosocial risks by social partners, see Dedessus-le-Moustier N., Lerouge L., “Une réflexion syndicale contrastée sur la prévention des risques psychosociaux”, RDT, 2011, p. 627.
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Héas, F. (2017). Prevention of Psychosocial Risks in Labour Law: Role of the Law and Collective Bargaining. In: Lerouge, L. (eds) Psychosocial Risks in Labour and Social Security Law. Aligning Perspectives on Health, Safety and Well-Being. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63065-6_5

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