Pubblicato in Atti del convegno International Congress of Occupational Health, Plenary session, Milan, 14th June 2006; e in  (2006) 22 International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations,   pp. 603-613.

Abstract:
The structure of employers’ juridical responsibility for workers’ health and safety has undergone several transformations in the passage from industrial to post-industrial system, i.e. from a system essentially focused on the production of material goods to a system essentially focused on the production of immaterial goods: information, new ideas, projects, services, design, and so on. The report outlines the main changes in the structure of this juridical responsibility.

Sommario:
1. The enlargement of the labour law application area in the post-industrial system. 
2. The enormous growth of differences in productivity between workers and its consequences on the employer’s safety obligation.
3. Depressive disorders as a typical professional risk in the post-industrial system and the employer’s prevention responsibility.
4. Harassment in the work-place as a typical pathologic consequence of the de-standardization of jobs. The specific employer’s prevention responsibility in this field.
5. A conclusive remark.