Traduction de «Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal » (Anglais → Français) :

O. whereas in paragraph 42 of its resolution of 22 November 2012 on small-scale coastal fishing, artisanal fishing and the reform of the common fisheries policy Parliament called on the Commission and the Member States to take steps to achieve greater recognition, both legal and social, for the work of women in the fisheries sector, and to ensure that women who work full- or part-time for family undertakings or assist their spouses, thereby contributing to their own economic sustainability and that of their families, are given legal recognition or social benefits equivalent to those enjoyed by people with self-employed status, in partic ...[+++]ular by applying Directive 2010/41/EU, and that their social and economic rights are guaranteed, including equal wages, unemployment benefits if they lose their jobs (temporarily or permanently), the right to a pension, work-life balance, access to maternity leave, access to social security and free health care, workplace health and safety, and insurance covering risks at sea;

But it also has a direct impact on the society, as it concerns working conditions, safety in the workplace, exploitation of vulnerable categories such as immigrants, young people, women, low-skilled or poorly qualified workers, non-payment of national insurance contributions and its implications in terms of pensions and social cover.

42. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take steps to promote and achieve greater recognition, both legal and social, for the work of women in the fisheries sector, and to ensure that women who work full- or part-time for family undertakings or assist their spouses, thereby contributing to their own economic sustainability and that of their families, receive legal recognition or social benefits equivalent to those enjoyed by people with self-employed status, in particular by applying Directive 2010/41/EU, and that their social and economic rights are guaranteed, including equal pay, the right to unemployment benefit if they lose their jobs (temporarily or permanently), the right to a pension, work-life balance, access to matern ...[+++]ity leave, access to social security and free healthcare, and workplace health and safety, as well as other social and economic rights including insurance covering risks at sea;

9. Points out that patients suffering from mental illness should have access to all existing treatments, which may improve their health situation regardless of social or economic factors; therefore asks Member States to ensure that all mental health treatments are both accessible to patients and covered by health insurance schemes; asks Member States to ensure a safety net of medical treatment for those citizens who are not covered by national insurance schemes; recommends that Member States ensure that there are Health and Safety p ...[+++]olicies in the work place, which explicitly address mental health promotion as well as its prevention, the identification and management of depression, and the prevention of suicide, and that Member States identify and support workplaces in which employees are particularly at risk from mental disorders;

Due to their minimal injuries and improved safety awareness, about 48 of them received a rebate of $350,000 in saved insurance premiums from the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board.

The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, WSIB in Ontario, has basically said that workplace stress is not a compensable illness unless it is very specific post-traumatic stress in very limited ways.