Stress management: techniques and tools
Work-related stress has a significant impact on workers’ health, wellbeing and safety. Left unmanaged, it can undermine productivity, increase the risk of errors and accidents, and damage the organisational climate.
Emotional intelligence in safety management
Workplace safety depends not only on technical procedures and regulations but also on workers’ ability to perceive, interpret and respond effectively to hazardous situations. This is where emotional intelligence comes in — the ability to recognise, understand and manage one’s own emotions and those of others.
Soft skills for workplace safety and wellbeing
In every professional setting, effectiveness, safety and wellbeing depend not only on technical skills but also on people’s ability to manage relationships, emotions and critical situations. Soft skills — such as self-awareness, emotional intelligence, effective communication and stress management — are now recognised as key drivers for improving individual and collective performance, preventing workplace accidents […]
Contract management: coordination obligations, DUVRI and applicable regulations
Article 26 of Legislative Decree 81/2008, elaborating on earlier legislation on obligations related to contracts, works and supply agreements, introduced — among other provisions — the requirement for the client employer to promote cooperation and coordination by preparing a single interference risk assessment document (DUVRI). This provision mandates a specific document to be annexed to […]
Application of the Construction Sites Directive in civil and industrial maintenance works
Title IV of Legislative Decree 81/2008 defines a temporary and mobile construction site as any location where building or civil engineering works are carried out, as further specified in Annex X — namely “construction, maintenance, repair, demolition, conservation, renovation, restructuring, equipping, conversion, renewal or dismantling works on fixed, permanent or temporary structures, in masonry, reinforced […]
Risk Assessment Document (DVR): the essential tool for building workplace safety — parties involved, responsibilities of the employer, management and RSPP
When the risk assessment obligation was first introduced, companies sought to comply by balancing the need to understand the “philosophy” behind this new requirement with the need to identify the precise contents of the associated document. In the years since, there has been a gradual decline in the priority given to this topic, with the […]
Liability of the RSPP and external consultants
The legislation assigns specific responsibilities to designated roles within the corporate organisation. In particular, ongoing compliance with prevention obligations is also ensured through internal consultants (as provided for by the legislation itself) and external consultants, who must be qualified and actively involved in corporate processes.
Legislative Decree 231/2001 and offences relating to the environment and safety: from management system governance to OdV inspection and oversight
A management system addressing offences under Legislative Decree 231/2001 (environment and safety) has become a necessity — and in some cases an obligation — for companies. It calls for specific expertise in environmental law, occupational health and safety, and in managing procedures, roles and inspection controls.
Criminal liability of the RSPP for workplace accidents and occupational diseases
Thirty years after the RSPP (Head of the Prevention and Protection Service) was introduced, it is time for a retrospective on the advantages and drawbacks of this legislative change — particularly from a practical and organisational standpoint. In a field that constantly balances the urgency of effective workplace prevention against the threat of consequences for […]
Duties and responsibilities in the company: delegations, sub-delegations and organisational documents
A perennial challenge in organising occupational health and safety within a company is assigning appropriate powers at the right functional level to ensure adequate management of obligations. The placement and exercise of decision-making and managerial powers is, moreover, the paradigm underpinning the fundamental principles for attributing criminal liability.