Abstract
The European Union Strategic Framework on Occupational Health and Safety at Work 2014 – 2020 has pushed the Member States to review their national strategies. Thus, national strategies have customized, the European vision to the national culture and specifics, considering the European framework that acts as a common guide and reference. The 2018 Report on occupational safety and health strategies in Europe, do not include the Romanian strategy. Based on the national strategy last version (2018), the paper will present and debate a comparative analysis between the Romanian OHS strategy and the other Member State strategy. This research approach is meant to identify, and underline Romania’s efforts made in the field of OHS, but also the gaps and missing aspects of the related strategy in comparison with the other countries.
Highlights
The European Union Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work for the period 2014 – 2020 has pushed the member states to up-date their national strategies in close consultation with relevant stakeholders including the social partners
As it can be observed, Romanian OSH strategy addresses all the topics related to the Second Challenge [1] but the study of the official document [13] do not show explicit measures, but much general one; referring to the topics a and b in Table 4, the analysis has proof that there is no correlation of the occupation diseases statistics with the measure plan, despite the fact that specific OSH stakeholders are mentioned having responsibilities in this field
The comparative analysis of the 2018 Report on OSH strategies [1] and the national OSH strategy for Romania has identified the substantial efforts that has been made in the field, to harmonize, customize the European legislation in the national context
Summary
The European Union Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work for the period 2014 – 2020 has pushed the member states to up-date their national strategies in close consultation with relevant stakeholders including the social partners. The last report on the OSH legislative harmonization between the Member States has been published in 2018 [1] but Romanian OSH strategy was not included in the analysis. Romania has adopted several versions of the National Strategy for Health and Safety at Work and the last one is related to the 2018 - 2020 period Based on this document and the implementation plan the paper will present and debate a comparative analysis between the Romanian OHS strategy and the other Member State strategy, taking into consideration the 2018 Report done at the European level [1]. This research approach is meant to identify, and underline Romania‟s efforts made in the field of OHS, and the gaps and missing aspects of the related strategy in comparison with the other countries
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