Traduction de «aggravation d'une maladie professionnelle » (Français → Anglais) :

2. An employee who is disabled by reason of a disease that is not an industrial disease but is due to the nature of his employment and peculiar to or characteristic of the particular process, trade or occupation in which he is employed at the time the disease was contracted and the dependants of a deceased employee whose death is caused by reason of such a disease, are entitled to receive compensation at the same rate as they would be entitled to receive under the Government Employees Compensation Act if the disease were an industrial disease, and the right to and the amount of such compensation shall be determined by the same board, off ...[+++]icers or authorities and in the same manner as if the disease were an industrial disease.

In the event of aggravation of an occupational disease for which a person suffering from such a disease has received or is receiving benefits under the legislation of a Member State, the following rules shall apply:

It aggravates respiratory diseases and increases mortality by substantially reducing life expectancy mainly through increase risks of cardiovascular disease, including heart attacks.

The development of a European schedule of occupational diseases has three main aims: to improve knowledge of the subject at European level (collection and comparability of data); to step up prevention: the Member States are asked to define quantified objectives with a view to reducing the rate of these diseases and to provide assistance to the workers concerned to enable them more easily to prove the link between their occupational activities and their disease and apply for compensation.

Commission continues fight against occupational diseases

“Occupational diseases blight the lives of sufferers,” said Anna Diamantopoulou, Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs.