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Mental Health and Psychosocial Risks at Work

Summary

A proposal for a new EU Directive to protect workers from psychosocial risks like stress, burnout, and harassment through mandatory risk assessments and improved support services.
10 15.07.2026
Other
health
labour law
human rights
social policy
employment and working conditions

Key points

  • The proposal seeks to strengthen EU-wide legal protections for mental health and psychological safety at work.
  • Employers must conduct mandatory and regular assessments of psychosocial risks in the workplace.
  • Workers should be granted a formal right to disconnect from digital work tools outside of working hours.
  • The burden of proof should shift to employers in cases where workers claim mental health impairments are caused by work.
Documents (PDFs)
DRAFT REPORT with recommendations to the Commission on psychosocial risk, stress and mental health at work DRAFT OPINION on Psychosocial risks, stress and mental health at work OPINION on Psychosocial risks, stress and mental health at work
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