TY - JOUR
T1 - Fitness for purpose of occupational safety and health monitoring and enforcement in the European Union
AU - Bluff, Elizabeth
AU - Johnstone, Richard
AU - Walters, David
AU - Limborg, Hans Jørgen
AU - Gensby, Ulrik
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - In the complex European Union (EU) system, the 27 Member States (the
EU27) are separately responsible for monitoring and enforcing compliance
with occupational safety and health (OSH) regulatory standards, through the
activities of one or more regulatory institutions in each country (the OSH
regulators). The processes of monitoring entail gathering information
through inspections, investigations and audits about how regulated firms and
individuals (regulatees) have responded to regulatory standards; and enforcement encompasses the use of regulatory measures and sanctions to persuade,
induce or compel regulatees to comply with the standards.1 This article analyzes OSH regulators' approaches to monitoring and enforcing compliance,
and their "fitness for purpose" in the context of the contemporary and evolving work landscape.
AB - In the complex European Union (EU) system, the 27 Member States (the
EU27) are separately responsible for monitoring and enforcing compliance
with occupational safety and health (OSH) regulatory standards, through the
activities of one or more regulatory institutions in each country (the OSH
regulators). The processes of monitoring entail gathering information
through inspections, investigations and audits about how regulated firms and
individuals (regulatees) have responded to regulatory standards; and enforcement encompasses the use of regulatory measures and sanctions to persuade,
induce or compel regulatees to comply with the standards.1 This article analyzes OSH regulators' approaches to monitoring and enforcing compliance,
and their "fitness for purpose" in the context of the contemporary and evolving work landscape.
M3 - Article
VL - 42
SP - 679
EP - 705
JO - Comparative Labour Law and Policy Journal
JF - Comparative Labour Law and Policy Journal
IS - 3
ER -