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work-related stress: a year-end evaluation

Si fa in tempo fino al 31 dicembre 2010 a rilevare e valutare il nuovo rischio da stress lavoro-correlato, sia nel pubblico sia nel privato.

Con l’emendamento introdotto al comma 12 dell’articolo 8 del Dl 78/2010, il Senato ha infatti approvato il rinvio di una scadenza che preoccupava gli operatori del settore, non solo per la complessità della materia, but also for the absence of any indication by the Regulatory Committee.

Paragraph 1-bis), Article 28 of Decree No. 81 of 2008 requires the evaluation of work-related stress must be in compliance with the guidance given by the Standing Advisory Committee on health and safety at work under Article 6 , paragraph 8 of the decree 81/08, and that its obligation shall commence from the time the above directions and still, even in the absence thereof, with effect from 1 August 2010. This is exactly the date that is now postponed to December 31, 2010. The work-related stress, not to be confused with bullying, it can potentially affect any workplace and any worker, and his assessment aims at identifying the sources that could result in injury or direct damage to health and to understand the signals that may indicate the presence of stress. Prevent, reduce or eliminate the problem may mean more efficiency and, above all, you can make improvements in health and safety at work. It is, therefore, to recognize the organization of work some risk indicators that can cause stress, among which the most common are:

• working hours are too long or unpredictable, especially grueling rounds;

• workloads excessive or too low, monotonous or fragmented nature of the work;

• uncertainty of the tasks and duties, lack of information and / or training;

• uncomfortable or tiring postures, inadequate jobs, temperature high or low, excessive noise and so on.

The information on them is not so clear that the Ministry of Labor has expressed the need for investigation.

What is missing is mainly the development of standardized procedures should be followed by employers which employ up to ten employees, may effettuare la valutazione dei rischi da stress lavoro-correlato secondo standard che tengono conto dei profili di rischio e degli indici infortunistici di settore.

I datori di lavoro che non superano questi limiti dimensionali possono, comunque, fino alla scadenza del diciottesimo mese successivo alla data di entrata in vigore del decreto interministeriale che fissa i parametri – e, comunque, non oltre il 30 giugno 2012 – autocertificare l’effettuazione della valutazione dei rischi.

(Fonte: Il Sole 24 Ore di mercoledì 21 luglio 2010)