European framework agreement on the protection of occupational health an safety in the hairdressing sector UNI Hair - Poul Monggaard – March 2013.

European framework agreement

on the protection of occupational

health an safety in the

hairdressing sector

UNI Hair - Poul Monggaard – March 2013

Situation:

Hand eczema in hairdressers: a Danish register-based study of

the prevalence of hand eczema and its career consequences

• 42 % of 5239 hairdressers have ever had hand eczema

• Annual prevalence of hand eczema among current hairdressers are 22.3%

• Most common age range for hand eczema debut 15-19 years

• 71 % were apprentices at hand eczema onset

• 8.4 years in the trade

Susan Hovmand Lysdal 1, Heidi Søsted 1, Klaus Ejner Andersen 2 and Jeanne Duus Johansen 3 • Contact

Dermatitis 2011

Preamble:

Health and safety is an issue which should be important to everyone in the hairdressing sector

- Selfemployed are included and shall comply with specified

provisions where they are personally engaged in work

activity in a hairdressing salon that is also the workplace of

workers


Clause: Objectives

An integrated approach for the prevention of risks and protection of

health and safety at the workplace, particulary in the following areas:

•Use of material, products and tools, protection of the skin and respiratory tract

•Prevention of musculo-skeletal disorders

•Working environment and organisation of work

•Maternity protection

•Mental health and wellbeing

Work in a healthy work environment, establishing provisions in order to prevent,

eliminate or reduce work-related health risks in the sector, retaining skilled

workers in the sector, ensuring and promoting a high level of protection of

health and safety for all workers within the European Union, strengthening the

role and importance of national and European sectoral social dialogue


Clause:Use of materials, products and tools, protection of the skin an respiratory tract:

• Substitution central: The employer shall endeavour to use materials, products

and tools, which are safer to the health and safety of the workers – if not

available use materials, products and tools in a form which involves low

exposure


Clause:Prevention of musculo-skeletal disorders (MSD):

Employers shall:

•organise rotation of tasks

•take into account the most recent ergonomic good practicies when purchasing

new equipment and tools

Clause:Working environment and organisation of work

• Sufficient space

• non-slip floors

• ventilation

Clause:

Maternity protection:

• If the doctor prohibits certain tasks for the pregnant woman, the employer

shall take the necessary measures regarding the organisation of work and

shall entrust the tasks to other workers


Clause:Mental health and wellbeing

• Effective social dialogue at the workplace

• The employer shall ensure a careful preparation of work, an appropriate

planning of working time and work organisation

Clause:Individual protective measures

• Suitable clothes – in particular shoes with non-slip soles

• Not wear jewellery on hands and arms during work, as the skin underneath

them is particularly prone to disease as a result of dampness or chemicals.

• Gloves provided by the employer that are sufficiently resistant to

hairdressing chemicals and strong enough to ensure that they are not

damaged by nomal work

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Challenges:

The whole concept of the European Social Dialogue


Objectives of the EU Joint Project

• To promote the results of the activities of the Social Dialogue

Committee in the personal Services/hairdressing as regards the

health and safety issue and in particular the implementation of

the European framework agreement on the protection of

occupational health and safety in the hairdressing sector


• To encourage, improve and strengthen the role, skills and

capacity

of the social partners of the hairdressing sector at national

level, with a focus in the new member states and

candidates countries


To raise awareness as regards

•the health and safety risks in the hairdressing sector and

• encourage the dissemination of the European Framework

Agreement on the protection of occupational health and

safety in the hairdressing sector at local, national and

European level



• To develop and strenghten partnerships and mutual trust

between social partners organisations involved in the

European Social Dialogue and/or in other EU activities and

those who started to participate recently or have not yet

been involved



• Identify and establish contact with other relevant

employees/employers organisations of the hairdressing

sector in countries where no national social partner

organisations is affiliate to the European organisations or

where only one side is represented


• To organise a structured exchange of information and

experience among national social partners on the sectoral

social dialogue, labour and social structures in the

hairdressing sector in the EU


• To reinforce the National and European social dialogue in

the hairdressing industry by promoting the exchange of

best practices, presenting good examples and discussions

social dialogue issues such as health and safety


• To set up a working group of European social partners of

the hairdressing industry in charge of the follow-up of the

progress achieved nationally in implementing the

European Agreement and to periodically reassess risks in

light of the state of art, including scientific developments

and findings of relevant bodies


One year project (01.12.2012-01.12.2013)

Joint Social Partners Actions relating to the

implementation of the results of the European Social

Dialogue negotiations (art 154 & 155 TEU)


European framework agreement on the protection of occupational health an safety in the hairdressing sector UNI Hair - Poul Monggaard – March 2013.

Documents

protection of health

tools slide

work organisation clause

european organisations

wellbeing work

safety risks

european social dialogue

work activity