Elected officials in charge of a parliamentary mission on the burnout syndrome (more commonly known as burnout) have just presented their proposals to the Social Affairs Commission of the National Assembly.
First, the commission chaired by Yves Censi (LR deputy from Aveyron) proposes the creation of a national agency for mental health at work placed under the authority of Public Health France, with the aim of better understanding the ” growing reality” of this scourge. Elected officials also propose to facilitate the recognition of burnout as an occupational disease.
A disease that is not in the table of occupational diseases
A few months ago, the current presidential candidate, Benoît Hamon, had already tabled several amendments to the bill on social dialogue so that burnout is recognized as an occupational disease. The deputies had validated this provision but the senators had refused it.
“We still have difficulty taking this new mental suffering into account and in particular preventing it” insisted Dr. Gérard Sebaoun, PS deputy for Val d’Oise and rapporteur for the project.
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Currently, burnout is not recognized in the table of occupational diseases. Only the regional committees for the recognition of occupational diseases can rule on a case-by-case basis. However, a threshold of 25% permanent disability rate is required, a “lock that limits the number of recognized folders” regrets Gérard Sebaoun.
In 2015, the regional committees granted occupational disease to 418 files, while burn-out “would affect tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people” according to the commission.
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Among the 25 other proposals of this commission, to protect occupational doctors, so that they are not attacked by employers when they establish a link between pathology and working conditions and to oblige managers to carry out an internship among employees, on the model of “worker internships”, in order to become aware of their working conditions.
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