ЕНДЕНЦІЇ ПРАВОВОГО РЕГУЛЮВАННЯ ЗАХИСТУ ВІД ПСИХОСОЦІАЛЬНИХ РИЗИКІВ НА РОБОТІ

Abstract

The article examines the psychosocial risks as an element of the occupational safety and health system. The author outlines that competition, higher expectations for productivity and working hours and other psychosocial hazards have resulted in increasingly stressful work environment. The legal grounds for psychological working conditions regulation are analysed. The author determines the recommendations for improving the legislation on occupational safety and health. The analysis of the main psychosocial risks is carried out. The paper substantiates the main directions for the improvement of occupational safety and health management systems. They include the integration of psychosocial risks in risk assessment for developing strategies for prevention and management of hazards; the ways to develop a safe psychological climate at the workplace; determining the impact of psychosocial risks at work on the physical health of employees; determining the correlation of overtime and sedentary work on the health of employees. The basic technological transformations and changes in the organization of work which influence the psychological safety of employees are investigated. The main risks to the employee's psychological health have been identified. They are 1) reduction of work-life balance; 2) isolation and lack of social interaction; 3) technostress and information overload; 4) expanding access to confidential information about the employee; 5) overtime; 6) non-standard forms of employment, 7) work on digital platforms. Particular attention is paid to counteracting mobbing and harassment at work.