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"I would like to thank Ms Delli for this report. The importance of health cannot be emphasised often enough. According to the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work in Bilbao, almost 28% of European workers claim to have significant health problems. This means that one in four workers in Europe is affected. Therefore, we must not only apply the existing occupational health legislation better in the Member States; we must also develop and improve it further, because the workplace is constantly changing, too. Whereas physical ailments were previously the top work-related illnesses, today it is mostly mental disorders that are on the rise in the workplace. This development, in particular, must be investigated thoroughly by means of improved health monitoring. The measures need to be adapted for this purpose. Prevention must also play a greater role. Furthermore, we must not forget that there are also certain groups whose health needs special protection. It has been proven that young, older and migrant workers and workers with precarious jobs are more frequently exposed to occupational hazards. If people are working without previous training or the necessary skills, the risk of disease or accident increases sharply. We must prevent this from happening."@en1
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