The European Commission says measures by European Union member states to create modern, productive workplaces should include a drive for dramatic reductions in workplace accident rates.

In an 8 April proposal, the Commission says member states should take measures to ensure 'better working conditions, including health and safety, and access for all workers to training.' It says policies 'should aim in particular' to achieve 'a 15 per cent overall reduction in the incidence rate of accidents at work, and a 25 per cent reduction for high risk sectors, in each member state.' The proposal also calls for appropriate measures to promote 'diversity of contractual and working arrangements, including on working time, favouring career progression, a better balance between work and private life and between flexibility and security.' The Guild called for the EU to set such targets when the Commission published its current strategy for health and safety.
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