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Document ID (ISN)108968
CIS number 08-1359
Year 2008
Convention or series no. Facts 79
Title Protecting workers in hotels, restaurants and catering
Original title Zakrila na raboteštite v hotelierstvoto, restorant'orstvoto i ketăringa [in Bulgarian]
Skydda arbetstagare i hotell-, restaurang- och cateringsektorn [in Swedish]
Beskyttelse af arbejdstagere i hotel- og restaurationsbranchen [in Danish]
Arbeitnehmerschutz im Gastgewerbe [in German]
Prostasía tōn ergazoménōn ston kládo tōn xenodoheíōn, tōn estiatoríōn kai tēs trofodosías [in Greek]
La protección de los trabajadores del sector de la hostelería, la restauración y el catering [in Spanish]
Töötajate kaitse hotellides, restoranides ja toitlustuses [in Estonian]
Hotelli-, ravintola- ja catering-alan työturvallisuus [in Finnish]
La protection des travailleurs du secteur de l'hôtellerie, de la restauration et des cafés [in French]
A munkavállalók védelme a szállodákban, az éttermekben és a vendéglátásban [in Hungarian]
Protezione dei lavoratori nel settore alberghiero, della ristorazione e del catering [in Italian]
Viešbučių, restoranų ir viešojo maitinimo įstaigų darbuotojų apsauga [in Lithuanian]
Viesnīcu, restorānu un sabiedriskās ēdināšanas nozares darbinieku aizsardzība [in Latvian]
Protezzjoni tal-ħaddiema fil-Lukandi, ir-Ristoranti u l-Kejtering [in Maltese]
Bescherming van werknemers in de horeca [in Dutch]
Ochrona pracowników sektora hotelarskiego i gastronomicznego [in Polish]
Proteger os trabalhadores da hotelaria e restauraçăo [in Portuguese]
Protecţia lucrătorilor din sectorul hoteluri, restaurante şi catering [in Romanian]
Ochrana zamestnancov v hoteloch, reštauráciách a stravovacích službách [in Slovak]
Varnost delavcev v dejavnosti hotelirstva in gostinstva [in Slovenian]
Ochrana pracovníků v hotelových, restauračních a stravovacích službách [in Czech]
Bibliographic information European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, http://osha.eu.int, 2008. 2p. Illus. 2 ref.
Internet access http://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/factsheets/79/view [in Multilingual]
Abstract The growing hotel, restaurant and catering sector (HORECA) employs more than 7.8 million, mostly young and low skilled people in the European Union. Typically, employees work long, irregular hours doing physically demanding work. This fact sheet summarizes a prevention report on the HORECA sector. The report provides an overview of occupational safety and health, draws an inventory of good practices and comments the main changes that the sector is undergoing from the business and employment standpoints.
Descriptors (primary) restaurants; hotel industry; conditions of work; European Union
Descriptors (secondary) public OSH institutions; case study; data sheet; physical workload; work time schedules; report
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Country / State or ProvinceEuropean Union
Subject(s) Commerce, services, offices
Broad subject area(s) Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Hotels and restaurants