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25/10/21

FINLAND: increase in work-related accidents in 2021

According to its first forecasts, the Accident Insurance Centre (TVK) estimates the number of accidents at work at 93,000 and commuting accidents at 17,000 in 2021, i.e. an increase of 7% and 6.4% respectively compared to 2020.

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25/10/21

BELGIUM: Launch of a consultation on platform work

The Federal Public Service Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue has just launched an online consultation on platform work with a view to drafting legislation in 2022. One of the topics is health and safety at work.

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29/09/21

FINLAND: Avaka pleads for an extension of accident insurance in case of telework

Akava, the Finnish Confederation of Trade Unions of Higher Education Employees, proposes to change the legislation to provide better coverage for teleworkers in case of accidents at work.

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29/09/21

SWEDEN: Survey on occupational health problems in 2020

One in three employees suffers from work-related health problems according to a new survey by the Swedish Work Environment Authority.

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29/09/21

GERMANY: learning about safety and health is child’s play

The statutory accident insurance, which covers schoolchildren, has developed a playful offer to make children aware of important health and safety issues.

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30/08/21

GERMANY: Dismissal for breach of regulations against COVID

An employee was dismissed without notice because he deliberately coughed on a colleague with the intention of infecting him with SARS-CoV-2.

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30/08/21

BELGIUM: The law on well-being at work celebrates its 25th anniversary

The SPF Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the law of 4 August on well-being at work. This law, with its implementing decrees, forms the basis of the occupational health and safety regulations.

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30/08/21

DENMARK: skin disorders are the most frequently recognised occupational diseases

Every year, 2,500 Danes have their skin disease recognised as an occupational disease. Young people are particularly affected. An information campaign is aimed at them.

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25/08/21

SWITZERLAND: one in eight apprentices suffers an accident at work

Every year, nearly 75,000 young people choose to become apprentices. Yet apprentices are victims of 25,000 occupational injuries, two of which are fatal. For them, everything is new. Information and training therefore play a key role.

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30/07/21

GREAT BRITAIN: at least 2 million people affected by Covid long

This is according to the REACT-2 study, led by Imperial College London and funded by the Department of Health and Social Care. Between September 2020 and February 2021, researchers surveyed more than 500,000 people in a random sample to find out if they had had Covid-19 (confirmed or suspected) and persistent symptoms.

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