text: In**Article 151 of the Lisbon Treaty,**it is stated that*‘The Union and the Member States, shall have as*
  *their objectives the promotion of employment, improved living and working conditions …’*. The areas of 
  such promotion are set out in**Article 153**, where two bullet points refer to OSH: (a)*improvement in*
  *particular of the working environment to protect workers’ health and safety; (b) working conditions.*In 
  2017, the European Commission launched an initiative to agree on the**‘European Pilar of Social**
  **Rights’**(EPSR), comprising 20 key principles guiding the EU in the field of social policy.339 These pillars 
  were agreed by the Member States;**Principle 10 refers to a**‘**Healthy, safe and well-adapted work**
  **environment**and data protection.’ 
  
  These European and international agreements and treaties regard**safety and health**as essential for 
  human development, a**basic human right**. The main reasoning is to eliminate or reduce as much as 
  possible suffering, sickness, disability and death of workers. Often the reasoning refers to intertwined 
  objectives, that is, to economic growth (UN), or to reduce the economic burden of incomplete health and 
  safety at work, be it the burden for enterprises or the society as a whole, that is, by*‘Promotion of*
  *employment’*(Lisbon Treaty) or by*‘Prolongation of the participation in the labour market’*(EPSR) or 
  *‘Data protection’*(EPSR). 