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21/04/20
ITALY: exceptional measures to ensure economic continuity
A Decree-Law (No. 23/2020, OJ No. 94 of 08.04.2020) introduced new urgent measures on access to credit, corporate tax...
News about EUROGIP and occupational risks in Europe
You will find here all the news concerning EUROGIP, health and safety at work from the point of view of Community bodies (directives, recommendations, strategic guidelines…) and standardisation, as well as examples of good practices in the prevention or insurance of accidents at work and occupational diseases in other countries.
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21/04/20
FRANCE: Protect employees against Covid-19
The employer must ensure the safety and health protection of its employees. To help him to prevent more particularly...
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21/04/20
BELGIUM: Adaptation of the criteria for recognition of Covid-19 as an occupational disease
Fedris has clarified the occupational categories for which there is an increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 contamination. This allows the...
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21/04/20
GERMANY: less accidents at work in 2019
In 2019, the number of reportable accidents at work fell by 0.4% compared to 2018 to 873,971 and commuting...
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21/04/20
GERMANY: A new Covid-19 occupational safety standard
On April 16, 2020, the Federal Minister of Labour and the Director General of the DGUV presented the new SARS-CoV-2...
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21/04/20
SPAIN: workplace good practices guidance facing Covid-19
The government’s workplace good practices guidance specifies the most essential hygiene and interpersonal distance measures to be followed in...
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21/04/20
SWITZERLAND: occupational health protection and Covid-19
The employer must legally take all necessary measures to protect the health of his workers. The State Secretariat for...
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10/03/20
ITALY: Women and sinistrality at work
On the occasion of Women’s Day, INAIL has published a dossier on the female sinistrality at work. It reveals...
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18/02/20
AUSTRIA: the fight against occupational cancers continues
Every year, about 1800 people die from work-related cancer. That’s four times more than deaths from road accidents. ”...
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18/02/20
GERMANY: the 2018 OSH figures
The number of reportable accidents at work (949,309) and fatal accidents (541) decreased in 2018 (-0.6% and -4.1% respectively)...
