Making the Law a Key Instrument for Combating Psychosocial Risks in a Changing World of Work

Abstract

The deficiency of law in the area of wellbeing at work is that it represents a way of organising that does not necessary reflect reality and practice. The law is essentially prescriptive. The social sciences are useful to help to move from reality to law and to make it more effective. The law can be analysed as an essential instrument to improve the prevention of damage to health at work and to weigh into the debate which aims to change the paradigm from the curative to the preventive. Thus, legal sciences are moving because the labour reality is changing. The law produces effects because law is normative and can also influence or change behaviour. The aim of the law is also to set limits. The challenge is to guarantee the same level of occupational health protection. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)