Section 1: Principles.

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Article L4622-2

French Labour CodeIn force
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Updated 6 Nov 2023

The main task of occupational health and prevention services is to prevent any deterioration in the health of workers as a result of their work. They contribute to the achievement of public health objectives in order to maintain, throughout working life, a state of health which is compatible with remaining in employment. To this end, they :

1° Conduct occupational health initiatives, with the aim of preserving the physical and mental health of workers throughout their working life;

1° bis Provide multidisciplinary assistance to the company in assessing and preventing occupational risks;

2° Advise employers, workers and their representatives on the provisions and measures needed to avoid or reduce occupational risks, improve the quality of life and working conditions, taking account where appropriate of the impact of teleworking on health and the organisation of work, prevent the use of alcohol and drugs in the workplace, prevent sexual or moral harassment, prevent or reduce the effects of exposure to the occupational risk factors mentioned inArticle L. 4161-1 and occupational deintegration, and to contribute to keeping workers in employment ;

2° bis Support the employer, workers and their representatives in analysing the impact of major organisational changes in the company on workers' health and safety conditions;

3° Monitor the state of health of workers in relation to the risks to their health at work and their safety and that of third parties, the effects of exposure to the occupational risk factors mentioned in Article L. 4161-1 and their age;

4° Participate in monitoring and contribute to the traceability of occupational exposure and health monitoring;

5° Participate in actions to promote health in the workplace, including vaccination and screening campaigns, actions to raise awareness of the benefits of practising sport and actions to inform and raise awareness of situations of disability at work, as part of the national health strategy provided for inArticle L. 1411-1-1 of the Public Health Code.

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