"Improving expertise on teachers’ work-related stress and assisting ETUCE member organizations in implementing

the ETUC-UNICE/UEAPME-CEEP autonomous framework

agreement on work-related stress"

LAW ACTS

• Law Code

• Teacher’s Chart

• European Framework Agreement

• School Syllabus

• Other regulations

• National Health Program

Law Code• Art. 94 (01.01.2004)An employer has to counteract the mobbing• Art. 15An employer has to maintain safe and healthy

work conditions.An employer is responsible for:organizing specialist courses, working out a work-

system, counteracting work-related illnesses and other ones that may have any relation to a done job/ occupation

The employer’s duty are; run tests and measurements of all health

harmful factorsdo prophylactic tests

Teacher’s Chart• Art. 72

The Minister of Health in consultation with other ministers determines, as a regulation, forms of prophylactic and medical treatment for teachers. Local authorities allot annually necessary funds for the health support for teachers (apart from entitled health insurance)

• Art. 73 A teacher has the right to take a health leave (12months) if he or she has worked at school for at least 7 years

European Framework Agreement on work-related stress

It was signed the 8th of October 2004

School SyllabusVocational education (program for nurses, managers)

Health education – it is a part of other subjects’ programs

Other Regulations• Ministry Board (20.08.1996)

Art. 4 – it is connected with mental health for disabled employees. It applies to the running psychological therapies for them.

• Ministry of Political and Social Affairs

A pension certificate applies to a long lasting stress. An injured person has the right to get a compensation.

The National Health ProgramIt does not include stress or mobbing problems

Polish Teachers’ UnionSKOiW ‘Solidarnosc’

• Data collections

• The problem of mobbing

• Our expert PhD Krystyna Kmiecik – Baran

• The Institute of Teachers’ Training

• In some regions e.g. in Gdansk- the supporting groups

Teachers need our help !We notice the lack of system

regulations which deal with stress at teachers’ work.

There is a need to introduce the problem of stress into university programs.

We, as a union, are glad to take part in this project.

We hope that we all achieve a great success.