What changed between the resolution motion and the adopted text

16. Underlines the importance of regulatory occupational safety and health inspections in helping to achieve safe and healthy workplaces, while recognising that the inspections can be limited in their reach; calls on the Member States to strengthen labour inspectorates with permanent staff, adequate resources and institutional independence in order to ensure the effective implementation of occupational safety and health legislation and respond to the transformation of the world of work;

17. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the enforcement of occupational safety and health legislation, including by ensuring adequate resources for labour inspectorates, improving cross-border cooperation and ensuring effective compliance, in particular in cases where gross negligence has led to serious injury or death; considers that in order for occupational safety and health rules to be credible and effective, they must be sufficiently dissuasive and proportionate;

18. Welcomes the Commission’s evaluation report on the European Labour Authority (ELA), recognising its role in the effective enforcement of EU labour law and occupational safety and health rules, in particular in cross-border contexts and high-risk sectors, and reiterates the call on the Commission to strengthen the ELA’s mandate in order to improve the enforcement of EU labour law and occupational safety and health; highlights the importance of ensuring concrete added value in support of national enforcement authorities, including through strengthened concerted and joint labour inspections and the possibility to contribute more effectively to identifying and tackling violations; stresses the need to promote greater alignment and simplification of rules on labour mobility and related control procedures, including through more uniform rules and more effective information exchange, in line with ELA guidance;

19. Calls on the Commission, on the basis of the priorities of the current EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2021-2027 and the experience gathered with it, to define a new strategic framework, under the Quality Jobs Roadmap, for 2028-2034; stresses that this new strategic framework should be clear, measurable and time-bound, should set out clear and new requirements, and should be aimed at reducing work-related accidents and fatalities, completing the transition towards zero fatalities at work, strengthening worker protection, particularly in high-risk sectors and for vulnerable groups, addressing emerging occupational risks, including those arising from new forms of work, digitalisation and psychosocial risks, and ensuring the adaptation of working conditions to extreme temperatures;

20. Welcomes the directives aimed at reducing the risks of carcinogen exposure and of other potentially fatal occupational diseases; notes that the prevention of fatal occupational diseases requires the development of exposure-related expertise both in workplaces and in occupational health services; recalls the importance of adequate resources, in workplaces, for identifying exposure risks and preventing them in collaboration with occupational health services, which can provide guidance on appropriate occupational safety and health measures; considers that workers at risk of exposure to substances that cause serious occupational diseases should have access to occupational health services and periodic health checks to monitor potential exposure; stresses that any comprehensive strategy to reduce in-work fatalities must explicitly address occupational cancer as a silent but leading cause of work-related fatalities, including through long-latency diseases resulting from prolonged exposure to carcinogens in the workplace; emphasises the need for improved EU-level data collection on occupational cancers in order to fully reflect the real scale of work-related fatalities;

21. Is concerned that posted workers, migrant workers and workers in subcontracting chains are exposed to disproportionate occupational safety and health risks, including the risk of fatal accidents, as a result of fragmented chains of responsibility, insufficient coordination and diluted accountability, particularly in high-risk sectors such as construction; calls on the Commission to assess whether the current occupational safety and health acquis sufficiently guarantees the effective implementation of minimum safety and health requirements throughout subcontracting chains and to propose legislative action where gaps are identified;

22. Invites the Member States to foster a culture of safety in occupational safety and health, particularly for young workers, by combining education and practical experience; considers that educational institutions should provide general information and training on health and safety, while employers should ensure job-specific training, particularly during apprenticeships and traineeships;

23. Encourages the Member States to establish supportive frameworks facilitating the employment of volunteer firefighters, recognising the value of the skills acquired, notably in first aid, risk prevention, firefighting, the use of firefighting equipment and the organisation of evacuations, and in improving workplace safety, preventing occupational accidents and reducing the severity of such accidents while awaiting the arrival of the emergency services;

24. Underlines that micro-enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises often have limited administrative capacity, financial resources and specialised expertise; calls for comprehensive and targeted support measures to assist them in effectively identifying, preventing and managing occupational risks, work-related diseases and fatalities, including through simplified and user-friendly risk assessment tools, sector-specific guidance, practical prevention programmes, accessible training and support in complying with occupational safety and health obligations;

25. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States and the social partners, to strengthen EU guidance on support for victims of occupational accidents and diseases and their families; further calls on the Commission to assess the possibility of developing recommendations aimed at promoting adequate support and compensation mechanisms for victims and their families, encouraging upward convergence of protection across the EU;

26. Calls on the Member States to ensure that all workers effectively benefit from occupational safety and health protection in line with national systems and practices, including platform workers, third-country nationals, and domestic workers employed in private households; invites the Member States and the social partners to promote the use of innovative solutions and best practice to prevent occupational accidents and work-related illnesses, including through initiatives such as the EU-OSHA Healthy Workplaces Good Practice Awards, which showcase effective strategies and technologies that can be implemented across sectors to improve occupational safety and health;

27. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission.