Translation of "Niveau acceptable d'exposition au poste de travail " (French → English) :

(7) The level of exposure to electromagnetic fields can be more effectively reduced by incorporating preventive measures into the design of workstations and by selecting work equipment, procedures and methods so as to give priority to reducing the risks at source.

(10) The level of exposure to noise can be more effectively reduced by incorporating preventive measures into the design of work stations and places of work and by selecting work equipment, procedures and methods so as to give priority to reducing the risks at source.

1a. In duly justified circumstances, given the specific characteristics of the work-places and only for those activities where daily noise exposure varies markedly from one working day to the next, Member States may, for the purposes of applying the exposure limit values and the exposure action values, use the weekly noise exposure level in place of the daily noise exposure level to assess the levels of noise to which workers are e ...[+++]xposed, on condition that:

7. The governments and the social partners are of the opinion that against this background the commitment of all those with responsibilities in society and politics is necessary for an expansion of part-time working - with the aim of creating more jobs and unlocking the potential of jobs which can profitably be shared and translating it into frameworks for possible action to the advantage of businesses, the employed and the unemployed.

To this end, it should be ensured that training is not directed specifically towards the post in question alone but that it provides the means of anticipating and mastering developments in production systems and the organization of work in order to strengthen the competitiveness of undertakings and improve employees' job prospects; 10. encourage the development of the most suitable teaching and learni ...[+++]ng methods in continuing vocational training which will facilitate access to continuing vocational training for employees, e.g. methods of self-training on the job, distance learning, media-assisted learning, etc; 11. help less-qualified employees, whatever their status, to benefit from continuing vocational training measures enabling them to achieve a basic level of qualification and giving them the basis for mastery of new technologies.

In their remarks the delegations broached subjects such as: defining the limits between those aspects which should be resolved at Community level (for example, databases on labour market requirements) and those which it would be better to resolve at national level; the need for flexible solutions which should take into account the specific characteristics of the Member States (for example the different demographic trends in the various Member States); the need to ensure that there was no Community national prepared to fill a job before offering it to a third country national, and the need for migration policy to go hand in hand with me ...[+++]asures for integrating migrants.