Health & safety: An investment not a cost
July 1st 2010 Spending on workplace health and
safety should be seen as an
investment and not a cost, according
to the Director of the European
Agency for Safety and Health at
Work (EU-OSHA).
Jukka Takala warned against
organisations 'abandoning long term
benefits for short term gains, by
reducing health and safety budgets in
difficult times.With 80% of
European managers reporting
workplace accidents as the main
concern, we cannot afford to make
cuts in workplace health and safety.'
The EU-OSHA's annual report
acknowledges that 2009 was a
difficult one throughout Europe,
with many economies struggling to
emerge from recession. EU-OSHA
has seen increases in many of the
health and safety problems that
affect European workers, as they have
to absorb work previously done by
workers who have been made
redundant, and as they suffer from
greater stress.
In fact, findings from a recent
ESENER survey show that 52% of
managers in Europe think that time
pressure contributes to psychosocial
risks in their company. More articles from European Agency For Safety & Health At Work (EU-OSHA): | 
