An Innovative Economic Incentive Model to Improve the Working Environment European Foundation ] * for the Improvement of * * * Living and Working Conditions An Innovative Economic Incentive Model to Improve the Working Environment EF/96/29/EN An Innovative Economic Incentive Model to Improve the Working Environment Isabelle Cartier Jean-Pierre Cazeneuve Didier Dupré Dominique Le Page European Foundation • for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions * • *•* Loughlinstown, Dublin 18, Ireland Tel: +353 1 204 3100 Fax: +353 1 282 6456 Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1996 ISBN 92-827-0372-X © European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 1996 For rights of translation or reproduction, applications should be made to the Director, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Loughlinstown, Dublin 18, Ireland. Printed in Ireland Preface What you have in your hands is the fifth publication on Economic Incentives for the Improvement of the Working Environment in Europe from the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. The first report was an extensive catalogue of the most important economic systems in operation internationally, e.g.