The European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) today published its Conclusions 2021 in respect of 33 States* on the articles of the Social Charter relating to Health, Social Security and Social Protection.
In the framework of the reporting procedure, the Committee adopted 401 conclusions: 165 non-conformity and 110 conclusions of conformity with the Charter. In 126 cases, the Committee was unable to assess the situation due to insufficient information ("deferrals").
In the framework of health and safety for workers in the digital or platform economy, the Committee found that in some countries self-employed and domestic workers were not covered by occupational health and safety regulations.
In many countries, the number of accidents at work (including fatal accidents) and occupational diseases is still high or increasing and the measures taken to improve the situation are not always sufficient. In some cases, the national labour inspectorates are not efficient enough due to staff shortages, low numbers of inspection visits or repeated absence of different types of information.
With regard to the right to health, the data on life expectancy reveals that wide differences exist between men and women, regions, urban and rural areas, levels of education and income.
