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27/04/22

FINLAND: Climate change is rarely addressed from an OSH perspective

In more than one in two workplaces, climate change has affected operations. But the issue has been addressed from an occupational safety and health (OSH) perspective in only 8% of workplaces.

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14/04/22

AUSTRIA: fewer TAs in 2021 than before the pandemic

The slow economic recovery after the pandemic is accompanied by an increase in the number of employees and in the absolute number of occupational injuries. However, the latter remains below the pre-crisis level.

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28/03/22

BELGIUM: “Burn-out” pilot project extended due to pandemic

Fedris has decided to extend its pilot project on burn-out until 31 December 2022, with a view to increasing prevention after two long years of the pandemic.

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16/03/22

FRANCE: a four-year plan to prevent serious and fatal accidents

Laurent Pietraszewski, Secretary of State for Pensions and Occupational Health, presented the first Plan for the Prevention of Serious and Fatal Accidents for the next four years on Monday 14 March 2022.

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16/03/22

DENMARK: preventing MSDs in the retail sector

From 15 March 2022, the Danish Working Environment Authority will pay special attention to ergonomic aspects in grocery shops, supermarkets and other shops to avoid MSDs.

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14/03/22

FRANCE: Telework in 2021 and its impact on work and health

In January 2021, 27% of employees were teleworking, compared to 4% in 2019, according to DARES in its February 2022 issue on “Teleworking during the health crisis - What practices in January 2021? What impacts on work and health?”.

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27/02/22

FINLAND: Legislation to better protect teleworking civil servants

According to the Ministry of Finance, the law needs to be changed to better protect teleworking civil servants. Extended coverage would include accidents that occur during lunch breaks or on the way to and from school.

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26/02/22

ITALY: update on Covid-19-related work injury reports

The 16,779 work-related Covid-19 infections reported as accidents at work in January 2022 represent the highest figure recorded since 2020.

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23/02/22

SWITZERLAND: a commitment to health and safety benefits your company

This is a first. Five national occupational health and safety organisations are launching a joint campaign on the theme “Leadership Laboratory. Your commitment to safety and health benefits your company”.

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31/01/22

BELGIUM: Civil servants have “right to disconnect”

From 1 February next, federal civil servants, whether statutory, trainee, proxy or contractual, will have a “right to disconnect”. This new legislative provision is the result of "the conviction that the increasing use of digital tools outside working hours" can be a major source of stress.

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