Abstract The mental illness has increased sharply in the recent years and the focus on the psychosocial work environment has become more and more important. Today, the physical working environment is not the only thing that matters, the psychosocial work environment has taken more space and become a part of the labor environment law. The purpose of this work is to see how the concept of psychosocial environment law and mental health is regulated and worked with in the municipality of Jönköping, to gain a better understanding of how legal texts and rules apply in working life. Since the work is based on the regulations of Arbetsmiljöverket, the legal methodology is used to the greatest extent. The method is very similar to the traditional legal dogmatic method but provides little room for analysis. However, the legal sociological method will also be used to investigate what psychosocial work environment impact the employees. Psychosocial labour environment is very important for workers not to suffer from ill health. Various factors enter the psychosocial work environment that can contribute to psychological ill health. Stress, demands and uncomfortable working hours are just a few. The concept of psychosocial work environment is now included in the labour environment law and its regulations. There is, however, no indicative case law in this area. More research and more knowledge in the psychosocial labour environment is required for mental health to stop increase. Unfortunately, it is difficult to make the law more general, since each case in mental health is unique.

In Sweden, threats and violence has become a serious psychosocial work environment problem within the workplaces of health and social care. Several studies show the need to pay attention to how the workers psychosocial work environment is affected by the risk of threats and violence. Women are more exposed of threats and violence because the professions were most women work, the threats and violence occur. The purpose of this study is to investigate what legal obligations the employer holds to prevent threats and violence in the working environment and what consequences it can have if the employer does not fulfill these obligations. For a deeper knowledge in threats and violence as a psychosocial work environment problem other factors that can affect are included. To fulfill the purpose and answer the research questions in this study the doctrinal method is used to describe, systematize and interpret the legislation, case law and literature.   The results of this study show that the legal actions that the employer is obliged to take is far-reaching. The preventive work is central considering the psychosocial work environment were threats and violence occur. If the employer fails to take the actions that is obliged there are different legal consequences depending on what type of actions the employer, deliberately or accidently, failed to take. Due to the extent of threats and violence in health and social care and some differences in the formulation of the legislation, future studies would be required to investigate if the legislation on this matter is enough.

Submitted by Camila Martinelli Sabongi (camilamartinellisabongi@gmail.com) on 2018-05-04T17:01:26Z No. of bitstreams: 1 04-Dissertação_CamilaMSabongi_FINAL-RevisadaBiblioteca.pdf: 1051751 bytes, checksum: cab1cb47a853eb3efefbc5dc6ce25bff (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Jacqueline de Almeida null (jacquie@franca.unesp.br) on 2018-05-04T18:31:30Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Sabongi_CM_me_fran.pdf: 1051751 bytes, checksum: cab1cb47a853eb3efefbc5dc6ce25bff (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-05-04T18:31:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sabongi_CM_me_fran.pdf: 1051751 bytes, checksum: cab1cb47a853eb3efefbc5dc6ce25bff (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-22 / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / Entende-se por dano existencial a lesão ao complexo de relações que possibilitam o desenvolvimento ordinário da personalidade do indivíduo, abrangendo a ordem pessoal ou a ordem social. Trata-se de uma modalidade de dano extrapatrimonial capaz de atingir diversos setores distintos da vivência social humana. À guisa de exemplo, em caso de violação do direito fundamental ao meio ambiente do trabalho equilibrado (art. 225; art. 200, VIII; CF) capaz de comprometer a incolumidade biopsicossocial humana, sofre o trabalhador consideráveis danos, não apenas materiais, mas também imateriais, dentre os quais se encontra o dano existencial. O objetivo da presente investigação é analisar o instituto do dano existencial no contexto laboral, seu entendimento doutrinário e jurisprudencial, especialmente em casos de desrespeito às políticas públicas labor-ambientais. Trata-se de uma abordagem multimetodológica, quantitativa e qualitativa, diante da adoção do método de levantamento por meio da técnica de pesquisa bibliográfica, visando ao aprofundamento do conceito, dos elementos caracterizadores do instituto em investigação e sua relação com os principais elementos das políticas de saúde labor-ambientais (Decreto nº 7.602/2011); e da técnica de pesquisa jurisprudencial, visando ao levantamento da frequência de ocorrência de julgados sobre o tema junto aos Tribunais Regionais do Trabalho e ao Tribunal Superior do Trabalho, bem como o modo como o dano existencial tem sido abordado pelo Poder Judiciário trabalhista. Os dados foram analisados por meio dos métodos indutivo e de análise de conteúdo. Buscou-se, com a investigação proposta, produzir conhecimento capaz de colaborar tanto para a aplicação prática como para o desenvolvimento teórico do instituto do dano existencial, examinando a noção de dano existencial relacionado às políticas públicas labor-ambientais e a abordagem empregada pelos Tribunais Regionais do Trabalho e Tribunal Superior do Trabalho nesses casos. (FAPESP). / Existential damage is understood as an injury to the person relationship complex that enable the ordinary development of the individual’s personality, encompassing the personal and social order; it is an immaterial modality of damage capable of reaching several sectors of human social experience. For example, in case of violation of the fundamental right to a well-balanced work environment (articles 225, 200, VIII, CF) capable of compromising the human biopsychosocial safety, the worker suffers considerable damages, not only material but also immaterial, among which existential damage is found. The aim of the present investigation was to analyze the institute of existential damage in the labor context, its doctrinal understanding and jurisprudential application, especially in cases of violation of labor-environmental regulations. It was a multi-methodological approach, quantitative and qualitative, adopting the bibliographic research technique, intending to set up an existential damage concept through the analyses of its characterizing elements and its relation with the labor-environmental regulation (Decree 7602/2011); also adopting the jurisprudential research technique, aiming to survey the frequency of occurrence of judgments on the subject in Regional Labor Courts and in the Superior Labor Court, delineating how the existential damage has been approached by the Labor Judiciary. The collected data was analyzed through the inductive and content analysis methods. It was pursuit, with the proposed research, to produce knowledge capable of collaborating both for the practical application and for the theoretical development of the existential damage institute, examining the notion of existential damage related to labor-environmental public policies and the approach employed by the Regional Labor Courts and the Superior Labor Court in these cases. (FAPESP). / 2015/25976-6