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18/03/24

Member States finally agree to protect workers on digital platforms

On 11 March, after more than two years of negotiations, EU employment and social affairs ministers finally adopted the European directive aimed at guaranteeing minimum standards of protection for the 28 million or so people working for digital platforms in the EU.

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28/02/24

OSH measures key to prevent violence and harassment at work

More than one in five workers in the 25 countries surveyed have experienced violence and harassment at work, according to a new report by the ILO. Creating an environment free of these problems requires “a cooperative approach and social dialogue within companies on occupational health and safety (OHS)”.

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28/02/24

Lead and diisocyanates: Council approves new limit values

The new directive adopted today reduces the occupational exposure limit values for lead and its compounds, which are toxic to reproduction, by a factor of five, and introduces new limit values for diiosocyanates, to which 4.2 million workers are exposed and which can cause asthma and skin diseases.

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23/02/24

EU workers: take part in the European Working Conditions Survey 2024

Eurofound has launched its 2024 European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS). The aim is to survey around 50,000 workers in 35 countries: the EU, Norway, Switzerland, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia. Make your voice heard!

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23/02/24

Psychology of health at work: the call for entries for the Eusebio-Rial-González prize is open

EU-OSHA and the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (EAOHP) have launched the call for applications for the 2024 “Eusebio Rial-González Innovation & Practice Award in OHP”. The award recognises any researcher or practitioner whose work has made a significant and innovative contribution to Occupational Health Psychology.

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09/02/24

“Working on safety 2024”: call for papers for the 12th international conference

From 22 to 25 September 2024 in Dresden (Germany), the DGUV will organise the 12th international conference of the “Working on Safety (WOS)” network on the issue “BUILDING A RESILIENT FUTURE - Towards sustainable safety in a rapidly changing world”.

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31/01/24

HEROS project: health and safety risks for healthcare workers

The HEROS - Health Risk Outlooks by Social Partners - project, funded by the European Commission, aimed to analyse how trade unions and employers' organisations at national and European level could contribute to OHS in the hospital and social services sectors in 6 countries: Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

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30/01/24

ECHA: five new chemicals of concern added to the list

On 23 January 2024, the European Chemicals Agency extended the list of substances of very high concern for man or the environment that are candidates for authorisation to include five chemicals. One is toxic to reproduction, three are very persistent and bioaccumulative, and one presents multiple risks.

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30/01/24

Napo in… Fire alarm!

In this new animated film, Napo, the boss, and his colleagues guide us through the basic rules of fire and explosion protection in the workplace.

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15/01/24

Employment and social affairs: priorities for the Belgian EU Presidency in the first half of 2024

Belgium takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union on 1 January 2024 for a period of six months. In the field of employment and social policy, the Belgian Presidency will “work on an ambitious and forward-looking social agenda”.

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