Ireland’s orchestra issues health and safety warning
NewsThree weeks after the Danish Radio orchestra was declared unsafe, musicians in the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland has referred “health and safety” issues to the Workplace Relations Commission.
It says players are frustrated by the failure the National Concert Hall to address ‘psychosocial risk factors, which are not specified.
A union organiser explained: ‘A psychosocial risk is any occurrence that can either physically or psychologically harm an individual or collective of people. And we believe currently within the NCH, for a variety of reasons, that potential exists.’
Oh my! Snowflakes. Show me the workplace without. “psychosocial” stress. Show me two people together and there is innately some degree of “performance” stress. (Does not have to be bad…)
Just a little touch of the blarney there if you ask me.
I just saw this orchestra 2 weeks ago. They seemed fairly happy, though the leader was clearly checked out.
They don’t have a leader, and there are a host of other vacancies in the orchestra too…
What do you mean by “checked out” ? They have not had a permanent leader for a very long time. The post has been re-advertised with auditions in early Sepember.
What do you mean by ‘checked out’? And this orchestra have not had a leader for many years, so wondering what your comment is based on
If making music is so “psychosocially stressful”, why not try a job in heavy-construction work for a change-of-pace???
Yes, particularly for the female members of the orchestra who are keen on equal opportunity.
Not much of a story being so low on detail !
Let them stand aside and give their jobs to young music graduates who are desperate for the work.