A tool for dialogue to help Small enterprises deal with PSR assessment. Why a specific tool? What tool? How to use it? Prsentation made in the Driving mental health at work in Europe seminar, Berlin, October 29th 2014

1. “Faire le point” (“Taking Stock”)
a tool for dialogue to help small enterprises deal with
PSR assessmentPSR assessment
Boris Vieillard, Ministry of Labour, France
Marc Malenfer, National Research and Safety Institute (INRS), France
Valérie Langevin, National Research and Safety Institute (INRS), France
Berlin 29/10/2014
Driving Mental health at work in Europe

2. Plan
Context
The tool:
> Why a tool?
> What tool?> What tool?
> How to use it?
Discussion
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3. Context
National French OSH plan 2010-2014:
> PSR => priority risk
> SMEs (<50 employees)=> priority target
Working group:Working group:
> Pluridisciplinary
> All OSH actors
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4. Context
Travailler-mieux.gouv.fr (working better)
> Governmental web portal on OSH
> Target: SMEs, employers, managers, employees &
their representatives, etc.
> Occupational risk & job approaches, focus on> Occupational risk & job approaches, focus on
specific risks, etc.
to raise awareness, provide support and tools,
etc.
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6. Why this tool?
Need for a simple tool => autonomy
Based on the current state of knowledge
on PSR factors
To support a collective preventiveTo support a collective preventive
approach based on dialogue
To comply with OSH regulations (PSR
assessment obligation)
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7. What tool?
MS Excel macro
41 questions
Results sheet
ReportReport
>Description of risk factors
>Suggestions for preventive measures
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8. What tool?
8 topics
• 6 PSR factor families => defined by an international scientific
pluridisciplinary group (state of knowledge for French Labour
Ministry)
– Work intensity and working time
– Emotional demands
– Autonomy– Autonomy
– Social relations at work
– Conflicting values
– Job insecurity
• 2 more themes
– Effect of PSR on company and employees
– Health & safety management in the company
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9. How to use it?
Dialogue between employer & employees
or their representatives => working group
The questions are designed to be
discussed collectively => no individual
answers
Identify priority risk factors
Build an action plan
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10. Discussion
Value:
> First step towards an autonomous PSR assessment approach
> Gives an opportunity to discuss daily work issues (organisation,
relationships…)
> The added value is more in the discussion than in the results
sheet generated
Not a measurement of stress, results cannot beNot a measurement of stress, results cannot be
compared between work units or companies
Good feedback:
> More than 2,000 downloads / month
> Specific variant for the healthcare and non-profit sectors
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13. H.
Lanouzière/DG
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14. H.
Lanouzière/DG
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