The PSYR-IR project zooms in on occupational safety and health, with a particular focus on mental health and worker well-being. It is our
aim to identify the broad challenges and issues at play, as well as their underlying drivers, across all EU Member States and all economic
sectors. This will be done by implementing an overarching conceptual framework on OSH and linking it with the existing empirical
evidence and the policy/regulatory context (e.g. legislation, collective bargaining, etc.) on mental health in EU workplaces. Next to this
overall analysis, identifying specific groups at-risk on the EU labour market, we also focus on the mental health of two predetermined
target groups: frontline workers (in the female-dominated public health sector) and on-location production workers (low-skilled blue
collar workers in the male-dominated private sector). Furthermore, the project will consider the interplay between psychosocial risks
and mental health and well-being across economic sectors in the EU27, with separate case studies at the level of the participating EU
Member States. Besides identifying challenges and drivers, the project wants to understand what actors can play a role in addressing
them, at different levels (EU level, national level, sectoral level, company level) and what policies, practices, tools, actions and initiatives can be or are being adopted. Specific attention will go to the role of the social partners and of social dialogue (collective bargaining), and to worker participation in OSH matters. The project will also identify good examples to inspire policy- and decision-makers at different levels. Methodologically, the project will combine desk research, quantitative analysis, qualitative analysis and dissemination techniques. To do so, we bring together partners with expertise on OSH, industrial relations, or both, from countries in different European regions representing different institutional and industrial relations regimes.