“Faire le point” (“Taking Stock”)a tool for dialogue to help small enterprises deal with

PSR assessmentPSR assessment

Boris Vieillard, Ministry of Labour, France

Marc Malenfer, National Research and Safety Institute (INRS), France

Valérie Langevin, National Research and Safety Institute (INRS), France

Berlin 29/10/2014

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� Plan

�Context �The tool:

> Why a tool?> What tool?> What tool?> How to use it?

�Discussion

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� Context

�National French OSH plan 2010-2014: > PSR => priority risk> SMEs (<50 employees)=> priority target

� Working group:� Working group:> Pluridisciplinary > All OSH actors

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� Context

�Travailler-mieux.gouv.fr (working better)> Governmental web portal on OSH> Target: SMEs, employers, managers, employees &

their representatives, etc.> Occupational risk & job approaches, focus on > Occupational risk & job approaches, focus on

specific risks, etc.

� to raise awareness, provide support and tools, etc.

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� Why this tool?

�Need for a simple tool => autonomy�Based on the current state of knowledge

on PSR factors�To support a collective preventive �To support a collective preventive

approach based on dialogue �To comply with OSH regulations (PSR

assessment obligation)

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� What tool?

�MS Excel macro�41 questions�Results sheet�Report�Report

>Description of risk factors>Suggestions for preventive measures

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� What tool?

� 8 topics• 6 PSR factor families => defined by an international scientific

pluridisciplinary group (state of knowledge for French Labour Ministry)

– Work intensity and working time – Emotional demands– Autonomy– Autonomy– Social relations at work– Conflicting values– Job insecurity

• 2 more themes– Effect of PSR on company and employees– Health & safety management in the company

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� How to use it?

�Dialogue between employer & employees or their representatives => working group

�The questions are designed to be discussed collectively => no individual answers

�Identify priority risk factors�Build an action plan

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� Discussion

� Value:> First step towards an autonomous PSR assessment approach> Gives an opportunity to discuss daily work issues (organisation,

relationships…) > The added value is more in the discussion than in the results

sheet generated

� Not a measurement of stress, results cannot be � Not a measurement of stress, results cannot be compared between work units or companies

� Good feedback:> More than 2,000 downloads / month> Specific variant for the healthcare and non-profit sectors

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