OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS IN THE GREEK PUBLIC SECTOR
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS IN THE GREEK PUBLIC SECTOR

Summary/Abstract: Occupational health and safety (OHS) is a major element of the labour relations aimed at protecting human life, preventing occupational accidents and diseases and protecting the health of the employees and the natural environment. OHS is an obligation of employers in the public and private sector in accordance with International Conventions, Directives of the European Union and provisions of the internal legal order. The article aims to present the most important challenges that employees in the Greek public sector face in the field of OHS, mainly through the study of the legal framework and the good practices of the public sector in other countries, as well as the comparison with those in force in the private sector. It also quotes initiatives that can be taken in order to prevent and improve the safety and health conditions of the employees, in the light of a complex economic, social, political and technological environment, where new occupational hazards are constantly emerging, as recently demonstrated by the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this way, the institutional framework of the OHS in the public sector can be aligned with the modern requirements and contribute to the improvement of the lives of the employees, the better provision of services to the citizens and the increasing efficiency of the public sector.

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