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Factsheet for measure ES-2020-22/1231 – measures in Spain
Country |
Spain
, applies regionally
|
Time period | Open ended, started on 25 May 2020 |
Context | COVID-19 |
Type | Tripartite agreements |
Category |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace
– Occupational health and safety |
Author | Carlos Molina (UAB) |
Measure added | 02 October 2020 (updated 02 December 2020) |
The Community of Madrid and social partners of the region have signed a framework agreement to develop actions aimed at preventing occupational risks associated with the coronavirus.
This agreement will reinforce different lines of action that are already being developed in the area of occupational risk prevention since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, and that will now be specially oriented to define and implement all the necessary measures to guarantee the safe return to work.
This agreement reinforces the different lines of action that the regional government developed in the area of occupational risk prevention since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, and will be specially oriented to define and implement all the necessary measures to ensure safe return to work.
Thus, the regional Executive and social partners will collaborate in a practical guide adapted to the scenario of the various phases, specific guides for the different sectors and documents with the answers to the most frequently asked questions. The agreement also provides for intensifying the advisory actions on occupational risk prevention carried out by the Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (IRSST) and programming training and dissemination actions. It has also been agreed to include in the VI Plan on Prevention of Occupational Risks a specific line of prevention of COVID-19, to adapt preventive actions to the situation and the effects caused by the pandemic.
There is no information on the number of workers affected.
Workers | Businesses | Citizens |
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Applies to all workers | Applies to all businesses | Does not apply to citizens |
Actors | Funding |
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Social partners jointly
Trade unions Employers' organisations Local / regional government |
Companies
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Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:
Trade unions | Employers' organisations | |
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Role | Agreed (outcome) incl. social partner initiative | Agreed (outcome) incl. social partner initiative |
Form | Direct consultation outside a formal body | Direct consultation outside a formal body |
Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
The agreement was reached with social partners through a process of tripartite social dialogue at regional level
Social partners were very positive about the outcome of the agreement and consider it will significantly improve workers' safety.
Citation
Eurofound (2020), Tripartite agreement for the prevention of occupational hazards in the Madrid Region, measure ES-2020-22/1231 (measures in Spain), EU PolicyWatch, Dublin, https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/ES-2020-22_1231.html
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