JURIDICAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR WORKERS’ HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE POST-INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM
SUMMARY
1. The enlargement of the labour law application area in the post-industrial system. ‑ 2. The enormous growth of differences in productivity between workers and its consequences on the employer’s safety obligation. – 3. Depressive disorders as a typical professional risk in the post-industrial system and the employer’s prevention responsibility. – 4. Harassment in the work-place as a typical pathologic consequence of the de-standardization of jobs. The specific employer’s prevention responsibility in this field. – 5. A conclusive remark.
The structure of employers’ juridical responsibility for workers’ health and safety has undergone several transformations in the passage from industrial to post-industrial system, i.e. from a system essentially focused on the production of material goods to a system essentially focused on the production of immaterial goods: information, new ideas, projects, services, design, and so on. I’ll try to outline the main changes in the structure of this juridical responsibility.
