Ministerial Decision no. 73066/2022. Approval of the National Strategy for Health and Safety at Work 2022-2027.

This Ministerial Decision approves the National Strategy for Health and Safety at Work, whose text is attached to the Ministerial Decision. The Strategy focuses on the continuous improvement of working conditions, in accordance with international and European standards, and aims to respond to the new interrelated challenges of the world of work, in order to achieve the primary objective of the protection of the health and safety of employees, considering that a healthy and safe working environment is the cornerstone of the well-being of employees, the enhancement of productivity and the sustainable economic development of the country. The Strategy develops three strategic objectives, which are implemented by six individual priority axes: 1) Development of a functional national governance system for health and safety at work based on national needs and European guidelines, whose priority objectives are: executive coordination of public policies on occupational health and safety issues, and full compliance of enterprises and private and public sector bodies with occupational health and safety legislation; 2) modernisation and improvement of the legislative framework for health and safety at work as well as risk prevention measures with an emphasis on new challenges in the world of work, whose targeted objectives are: simplification and improvement of the legislative framework, encouragement of scientific progress and research on new emerging occupational risks; 3) promotion of a risk prevention mindset at work with the participation of all those involved in the workplace, whose implementing objectives are: training and promotion of a prevention mindset, networking, partnerships and social dialogue.