Horst A
Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs, Berlin, Germany.
Int J Occup Saf Ergon. 2001;7(4):449-61. doi: 10.1080/10803548.2001.11076501.
The European Union has had a long tradition in developing a common European social policy from its beginning. A milestone to European social policy in the field of occupational safety and health was the Single European Act in 1986. With this Single European Act the improvement of the work environment became an explicit objective of the community. Since that starting point several legislative and nonlegislative actions have been taken to face the huge challenges of globalisation with a targeted social policy. The aim of this policy is to reconcile the interests of the employers in productive and competitive workplaces with the interests of the employees in healthy working conditions.
欧盟从一开始就有着制定共同欧洲社会政策的悠久传统。1986年的《单一欧洲法案》是欧洲职业安全与健康领域社会政策的一个里程碑。通过这部《单一欧洲法案》，改善工作环境成为共同体的一个明确目标。从那个起点开始，已经采取了若干立法和非立法行动，以通过有针对性的社会政策应对全球化带来的巨大挑战。这项政策的目的是调和雇主在高效且有竞争力的工作场所中的利益与员工在健康工作条件方面的利益。
