Renate NOVAK, GM-Representative, Franz JÄGER The Austrian Labour Inspections approach to gender mainstreaming into OSH, strategy, actions and campaigns

Renate NOVAK, GM-Representative, Franz JÄGER

The Austrian Labour Inspection’s approach to gender mainstreaming into OSH, strategy, actions and campaigns

Women at work – Brussels 2010

Women at Work 2010 F. Jäger, Labour Inspectorate AUSTRIA 2

Implementing GM in the Labour Inspection 2003-2010

1. 2003/2004 GM-project group (TQM)-> concept for implementation of GM in the labour inspection

2. 2005 GM-working group LI, GM-Experts, contact persons (TQM)

3. 2007 GM-network ( LI - internal)

(since 2009 + Diversity)

4. 2008 external GM-networking – embedded in the Austrian OSH-strategy 2007-2012


labour inspection – BMASK 2003 / 2009

Labour Inspectorate - Specialist divisions W/M

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3621

115

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182

11

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50

100

150

200

Med.LIS-Hyg.T-Young WP-Preg.P-Techn.LI.-office

Frauen

Männer

20 regional labour inspectorates are directly responsible to the Central

Labour Inspectorate. Altogether some 415 persons

are employed in labourinspection.

Approx. 300 field service colleagues (221M/76W) care

for some210.000 workplaces and

supervise compliance with theprovisions for the protection of

approx. 2.4 mioemployees.

Federal Ministry ofLabour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection

Total head count


Labour Inspection – OSH framework strategy

► Core principles: „Fulfilling its legal mandate labour inspection ensures the protection of life and health of employees. It thus contributes towards

the prevention of accidents and work-related illness,…... encouraging the balancing of interests of men and women at work

► Image: „The labour inspection staff act....considering the different situation of women and men in a working enviroment and .. regarding to the fact, that OSH measures should be gender-sensitive

TQM Projekt (2000-2006): Development and introduction of a comprehensive quality management system in the 20 regional labour inspectorates, including full coverage of interfaces to the Central Labour Inspectorate.This (especially for a federal authority) outstanding project triggered a lot of tools and projects like: Mission Statement , framework-strategy, performance indicators, intranet, homepage….


GM – Starting Position labour inspection 2003

• Internal Mission Statement labour inspection - Equal opportunities by encouragement (of women)

• „Action plan to promote women“- GM-Strategy in all working-fields of the ministry

• Three Decisions of the Council of Ministers – 2000-2004

• Duty of Releasing a report concerning women‘s policy

• Legal Duty: § 3 ArbIG – The labour inspection has to contribute towards enhancing OSH at work,

• EU-Common-Strategy for OSH at work (2002-2006) (OSHA fact sheets 42, 43)

Women at Work 2010 F. Jäger, Labour Inspectorate AUSTRIA 6 6

Gender–Facts OSHA: Gender-Report, risk assessment


Phase 1: 2003/2004 - GM-Project labour inspection (TQM-task)

* General Director´s Request: Prepare a concept for implementation of GM in the labour inspectorate

• GM-Definition - labour inspectorate/OSH -> framework-strategy

• Offer of GM-informations - eg. Infotrail (= intranet, end 2003), GM-Information for multiplicators

• Status Quo survey about GM – including all interfaces

• Tools – How to create indicators, GM in checklists, GM in project proposals

• Good Practice – GM-criteria (what about „good GM?“)

• Cooperation with selected actual projects – eg. nursing homes, Good Practice, guideline for internal documents, KoLMUS (noise/investigation on female musicians), SHMS

-> Results: draft for implementation with five focal points

-> Realisation from 2005 on


GM-Corner im AI-Infotrail 2004


Phase 2: 2005 - GM-Implemention in labour inspection

1 Trainig for the inspectors• GM in LI-basic-training (all new LI) • GM-training for managers, teaching LIs,

experts, • GM-standards for internal training

2 Public relations – Awareness-raising, Marketing

• Infotrail-Corner/know-how exchange• GM-Folder, GM-LI-Logo• OSH-Award/GM• since 2006: AI-Website including GM

3 Reports / Statistics• M/F-data collection

(generally and in projects)• Annual report with GM-Inputs

(eg. cleaning project)

4 Extending the organisations-structure towards GM

• permanent GM working group (accompanying the realisation)

• GM-experts in the organisation, contact persons in the local LIs

• linking multiplicators(managers, quality officers, )

• since 2007: GM-network (mailing list, „annual“-meetings)

5 GM-benchmarking, controling• GM in LI-strategy• GM involved in LIs annual workplans• GM reports LI/ZLI• benchmarking with other organisations (OSH-

strategy)

accompanied by the permanent GM working group


2005 Structure of the GM working group,

GM-AG = GM-Experts

GM-Ansprech-personen in einzelnen AI

„New hope“

GM contact-persons in the

local LIs


AWP Cleaning 2010 - Occupational accidents W/M

Occupational accidents by gender, cleaning occupations (%)

6.56

4.1

2.21.7 1.5

0.9

2.7

3.6

7.1

6

5.4

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Needlestick injuries Cuts from glass Bruises, gettingcaught in doors

Falls from ladders Other Slips and falls (other)

Female Top 10, male no Male top 10, female no

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Male


Guideline: residential care (for elder people)


first „effects“ (2005)

o Mainstream gender into daily work of inspectors • Increasing awareness (supported by checklists) „with whom

do I speak“ (W/M), does my advice cover both women and men? Will men and women equally benefit from my advice?

• GM lead better focus on OSH problems and improved external efficiency

o Mainstream gender into the labour inspectorate by • „Mixed teams“ in the preparation of campaigns and for special

inspections• Improving the cooperation and communication between the

field service colleagues and the office colleagues o Gender training for LI-managers and

OSH-multiplicators helped to bring gender experts to most of the LI-projects



Poster-series Community of Vienna


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http://www.labour inspectorate.gv.at/AI/Arbeitsschutz/gender/


European Week 2007: Webfeature MSD

M/F in different branches – different risks / exposures

different health complaints W/M

industrial design: genderproof design of working equipment

coincidence of risks – multifactorial strains

eg. psychosocial strains with back pains

consideration of gender aspects while doing assessment of MSD


Phase 3: 2007- labour inspection GM-network

Linz, Graz, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt

2011 Wien


from 2007: network-development

GeM – Vernetzungstreffen labour inspectorate 2007

29. bis 30. November 2007 - AI LinzTeilnehmerInnen: Harald Frimmel, Heidi Fritz, Dr. Margarete Grünberger, Ing. Ferdinand Hauer, Dr.in Elsbeth Huber, DI Walter Hutterer, DI Franz Jäger, DI Josef Kurzthaler, Elisabeth Martin, Dr.in Renate Novak, Ing. Klaus Rosenberger, Dr. Friederike Sachornig-Tumlirz, DI.in Heike Seifried-Weber, Franziska Simma, DI Günter Schinkovits, Dr.in Ingrid Theuermann-Weikinger, Ingrid Voraberger, Ing.in Susanne Wieshofer

Kick-Off with external Coaching (Linz)


labour inspection´s GM/D-network –in the BMASK

1 GM-B Arbeitsrecht

GM-NW AION


GM/D – network activities 2007/2010

NW: Active inputs for …

- Gender sensitive graphics(eg. in MLH, screen work)

- LI-projects (like annual working plans, campaigns (e.g. working time)

- Austrian OSH strategy (WG 3)

- GM/Diversity-training 2009

- 2010 handicaped workers (This time focus on deafness)

- 2011: labour migration

AI-Website Gender + Diversity

GM-network-platform Infotrail- new: NW-platform

(access for each LI, inter-active, topics colour coded)

- Events- GM-good practice + tools- Gender + Diversity- Links- Archive

GM and Diversity in - OSH management systems- risk assesment

Outlook-Mailing-List AION


Arbeitssicherheit und Gesundheitsschutz im Reinigungsgewerbe unter Einbeziehung of Genderaspekten mit Genderzielen

+ Leaflet: Gender & Diversity in

the cleaning industry


In the Austrian Occupational Safety and Health Strategy 2007 - 2012

representatives of institutions directly or indirectly involved in occupational safety and health, such as ministries, state governments, accident insurance companies, social partners, stakeholder groups, safety engineering and occupational health centres, research centres, universities, regulatory agencies, companies, associations etc. commit themselves to cooperate to improve OSH conditions sustainable and under special consideration ofGender and ageing aspects

5 working groups:• Risk assessment and hazard awareness • Accident prevention • Prevention of work-related and occupational diseases • Instruction and advanced training and information concerning OSH, • Improving the activities of preventive services • Raising awareness of occupational safety and health.


Phase 4: from 2008 – Austrian OSH strategy 2007 - 2012


Working group 3 - Austrian OSH strategy

MSD+

Skin disease

Combined effects:physical and

psychosocial strain+ working environment

SectorAgeSex

Migration background

Prevention of work-related and occupational diseases


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WG 5 Good / Best Practice

http://www.labour

inspectorate.gv.at/AI/Arbeitsschutz

/gender/gender_in_projekten_und

_practices.htm

LOAD-TIME-LIMITS (LTL-TABLE)


SonnenschutzNackenschutz

Austrian social insurance for occupational risks (AUVA) Skin-care


GM in LI-projects and annual campaignswebsite, intranetnoise/investigations on female musiciansannual campaigns: nursing homessafety representativesOSH-organisation-check (SiGeO-check)manual handling of loads (European Week campaign)manual handling assessment tables (OSH strategy, WG 5)age based workingannual campaigns: cleaning (2008, 2010)campaign working time limits (retail trade – food/electronics) risk assesment – psychosocial risksplanned 2011: ergonomic and psychosocial risks in the hotel and

restaurant industrysince 2008 increasing external cooperation based on the

OSH strategy eg. concerning skin protection, MSD, risk assessment, statistics …


Thank you for your attention!


GM - Sucess factors• clear mandate from the top management• „Mixed“ teams (W/M, manager, field service, office,

regional, GM-experts)• Choose the „right“ topics for campaigns, projects ..• Set language standards and check them• Good cooperation with TQM – using synergies• promote the use of networks• create GM-standards for projects (data collection, team

members, project leaders, reporting, ..)• Gender-trainings for different peer-groups• offer GM-information and discussion platforms• holistic approach


gender-sensitive OSH - IF ...

criteria is „gender“ – not the „average male worker“ avoid gender stereotyping (categorization according to f/m

attributes) representative participation of women/men in OSH

(planning – realisation, ressources ) risk assessment: ALL, REAL strains, employees, work-

places, nonresidence working-places, building sites, … Information, instructions: according the target group

(knowledge, language, who instructs whom, ..) check understanding

Personal protection equipment : W+M, individual, suitable Preventive services: MSD, psych. strains, violence Safety representatives: W+M for ALL representatives

(safety experts, occupational physician, fire-fighter, first aid..)

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Renate NOVAK, GM-Representative, Franz JÄGER The Austrian Labour Inspections approach to gender mainstreaming into OSH, strategy, actions and campaigns