Abstract
The first of the general objectives of the National Strategy in the field of health and safety at work for the period 2018 - 2020 in Romania was “a better implementation of the choice of occupational safety and health legislation, especially in micro-enterprises and SMEs”.In this context, this paper presents the main vulnerabilities of management in SMEs, where the occupational safety and health component has a formal role being strongly influenced by economic factors. The first part presents a statistical situation of the verification campaigns, carried out in the last 3 years by Labor Inspection, on how SMEs have implemented health and safety legislation in their activities, subsequently, an analysis is made of the economic factors that have limited the development of health and safety management. Finally, a cost-benefit analysis is presented on the economic consequences that occur in the event of an accident and / or illness that demonstrates the theory that economic factors influence the management of health and safety and health specific to SMEs both before and after an event occurs.
Highlights
According to the European Commission’s Annual SME Report for 2017/2018, SMEs account for 99% of businesses operating in the EU’s non-financial enterprises sector, 66% of total jobs and 57% of value added in the EU non-financial enterprises sector [1].In order to stimulate the creation of a safe and healthy working environment in SMEs, an important factor in occupational safety and health strategies is compliance with legal obligations and enforcement measures taken by control bodies, which remain key factors for the management of OSH [2]
The first of the general objectives of the National Strategy in the field of health and safety at work for the period 2018 - 2020 in Romania was “a better implementation of the choice of occupational safety and health legislation, especially in micro-enterprises and SMEs”.In this context, this paper presents the main vulnerabilities of management in SMEs, where the occupational safety and health component has a formal role being strongly influenced by economic factors
The first part presents a statistical situation of the verification campaigns, carried out in the last 3 years by Labor Inspection, on how SMEs have implemented health and safety legislation in their activities, subsequently, an analysis is made of the economic factors that have limited the development of health and safety management
Summary
According to the European Commission’s Annual SME Report for 2017/2018, SMEs account for 99% of businesses operating in the EU’s non-financial enterprises sector, 66% of total jobs and 57% of value added in the EU non-financial enterprises sector [1]. In order to stimulate the creation of a safe and healthy working environment in SMEs, an important factor in occupational safety and health strategies is compliance with legal obligations and enforcement measures taken by control bodies, which remain key factors for the management of OSH [2]. By studying the activity reports of the Romanian Labor Inspection over the past three years, we identify a concern for the control and monitoring of jobs in micro-enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises with two main objectives: awareness of employers about the need to comply with legal requirements in the field of safety and health at work and identification of the situation of prevention and protection activities carried out within SMEs [1, 3]
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