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25/10/24

Take part in European Week 2024 for Health and Safety at Work

The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) has just kicked off the European Week for Safety and Health at Work, the theme of the 2024 edition of which is ‘Safe and healthy work in the digital age’.

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18/10/24

The impact of digital technologies on work-related psychosocial risks

The digital revolution is profoundly changing the nature, organisation and conditions of work. It offers benefits but is likely to exacerbate psychosocial risks for workers. A joint JRC and EU-OSHA report examines these impacts, particularly on health and safety at work.

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16/10/24

Asbestos: Commission seeks experts to prepare new guidelines

Experts and interested stakeholders are invited to contribute to the development of new non-binding guidelines on good practice for the safe management of asbestos in the workplace. To this end, the European Commission's DG Employment is organising a series of online workshops.

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30/09/24

Roadmap on carcinogens: a new website for more accessible information

Every year in the EU, around 100,000 people die of cancer due to exposure to carcinogens at work, and over 120,000 others are diagnosed with cancer. Faced with this situation, it is essential to ‘understand the risks and take action’. This is the aim of the new Carcinogens Roadmap website.

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30/09/24

OSH: the 2024 European Funding Guide is now available

The new EU-OSHA guide aims to provide an overview of the different sources of EU funding available to support occupational safety and health (OSH) activities, initiatives and projects.

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30/09/24

Mesothelioma: still a topical occupational disease

Although the number of cases has been falling since 2013, Eurostat shows that in 2021 there will still be 2,380 deaths in the EU from mesothelioma, a cancer mainly linked to occupational exposure to asbestos. This exposure may have taken place several decades before the disease developed.

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29/08/24

Managing chronic illness at work and preventing the risk of disability

The European Commission's Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion has published a ‘handbook’ to support workers with chronic illnesses or disabilities and prevent the risk of disability.

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19/08/24

Mental health at work: various European resources available

At the heart of its Healthy Workplaces Campaign 2026-2028, EU-OSHA is already offering a range of resources to support people with mental health problems at work.

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31/07/24

ETUC position on teleworking and the right to disconnect

In response to the first phase of consultation of the European social partners launched by the Commission, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) adopted its response at the end of June on possible measures in the field of telework and workers' right to disconnect.

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31/07/24

Artificial intelligence: the European regulation has been published

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (AI) has been published in the Official Journal of the EU.

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