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22/04/20
Joint European guidelines for the protection of food workers
With 4,7 million workers providing Europeans with their daily food, EFFAT and FoodDrinkEurope, social partners in the food and...
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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.
Community news
22/04/20
Covid-19 and OSH: an ETUC briefing note
On 15 April, ETUC published “Covid-19 Watch” about occupational safety and health (OSH) in several European countries. In the...
Community news
21/04/20
A European roadmap to lifting coronavirus containment measures
In mid-April, the Commission and the European Council presented their European “roadmap” to lifting coronavirus containment measures. Taking into...
Community news
20/04/20
EU-OSHA: Practical tips for home-based telework and protect your health
In the current context of confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of European work from home full-time. A...
Community news
18/03/20
Covid-19 and availability of PPE
The European Safety Federation (ESF) stresses the unavailability of certain types of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) or those that...
Community news
22/11/19
MSDs: prevalence, costs and demographic data in the EU
As part of its coming 2020-2022 campaign to raise awareness of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), EU-OSHA has published a report...
Community news
22/11/19
Initial analyses of the findings of the ESENER-3 survey
In a report published at end-October, EU-OSHA presented an initial analysis of the main findings of the third European...
Community news
21/11/19
Member States urged to expand access to social protection for workers
Since it has no powers to intervene in the domestic social security systems of its Member States, the European...
Community news
26/07/19
An international convention to ban violence and harassment at work
On 21 June, representatives (governments, employers, employees) of the 187 member States of the International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted...
Community news
26/07/19
Adoption of several texts within the framework of the European Pillar of Social Rights Base
At the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council of 13 June, the 28 Member States definitively adopted...
