European psychosocial risks campaign: businesses are committed

Psychosocial risks campaign: where are we in Europe?

The campaign “Psychosocial risks: better prevention to work better” was launched on 7 April in all European countries by EU-OSHA, the European agency for safety and health at work. This large-scale communication operation will be relayed by partner companies and accompanied by a competition that will result in a European Prize for Good Practices to be won. One of the main objectives of this campaign will be to make businesses aware of the problem of stress at work, because according to a study carried out by Eurostat (European Union Statistics Office), nearly half of French workers believe that work-related stress cases are fairly widespread or very widespread and 42% believe that stress in their workplace is poorly managed or even very poorly managed by their employer.

Why invest in well-being at work and the prevention of PSR?

In this period of European crisis where companies must be ever more competitive in order to succeed in a market that has become extremely competitive, it is becoming essential to increase productivity and innovation. However, although we thought the opposite for a long time, we now know that excessive stress at work is counterproductive. Indeed, numerous studies have shown that well-being at work increases employee performance and creativity and helps to retain employees by strengthening their commitment. A company therefore has everything to gain by investing in the happiness of its employees at work, and we can also see that the companies occupying the first places in the “Great Place to Work” ranking are successful companies. This year, big names such as Davidson Consulting, Mars France and PepsiCo France are setting the example to follow in France.

Preventing RPS: how to act?

If you too want to increase your well-being at work or that of your employees, do not hesitate to consult the site of the European campaign for the prevention of psycho-social risks,” Healthy Work Place ” because the documentation is freely accessible. If your company has already made a lot of efforts in this direction, it can participate in the competition organized by the European Union and try to win the European Best Practices Award or even become a partner in the campaign. Finally, if you want improving well-being at work in your daily business, you can of course follow QualiSocial news on social networks or contact us for personalized support.