“Working at home is no less important than working in a company or office”, explained Franco Bettoni, President of the National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work (INAIL). To underline the importance of preventing domestic accidents and the social value of compulsory insurance, Franco Bettoni recalled that since a 1999 law, amended in 2018, the Institute insures those who deal with housing in a habitual, exclusive and free way and who are between 18 and 67 years old.

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the main cause of absence from work in Belgium. To help companies prevent them in the long term, the Federal Public Service Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue (SPF Employment) offers 3 easily accessible animated films

Fedris, the Federal Agency for Occupational Risks, has extended its pilot project on the prevention of burn-out to the care sector. It launched it in January 2019 for the banking and hospital sectors. The aim is to provide support for people who are suffering at work, who have taken a large number of short work stoppages or who have been off work for less than two months in order to enable them to remain at work or return to work quickly.

Specific cases of prostate cancer and colorectal cancer resulting from night work can now be submitted to the Occupational...

The Danish Working Environment Authority (Arbejdstilsynet) has just published the 15th edition of the guide describing in detail the...

Various amendments to Book VII of the Social Code concern legislation on occupational diseases. They will enter into force...

The Federal Ministry of Labour presented the key points of a social regulation project “Fair Work in the Platform...

What were the figures for accidents at work in 2019? Which sectors of activity should be targeted as a...

Six out of ten employees say their workload is far too heavy. This is one of the findings of...

“Even more so today, we must not let our guard down so that the health emergency does not make...