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28/05/24

Mental health at work: the European Forum of occupational injuries Insurance takes a stand

The European Forum of Insurance against Accidents at Work and Occupational Diseases has just adopted a joint position of its 21 Member countries, stating that it is “very concerned” about calls to add anxiety, depression and burnout to the European list of occupational diseases.

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28/05/24

Declaration on the future of the European set of social rights

At the high-level conference in La Hulpe in mid-April, the European Parliament, the European Commission, Belgium on behalf of the 25 EU Member States, the European Economic and Social Committee, the ETUC, SGI Europe, SME United and the Social Platform signed a declaration on the future of the European Social Rights Floor.

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14/05/24

Telework and right to disconnect: The Commission launches first-stage consultation of social partners

The European Parliament Resolution of 21 January 2021 on the right to disconnect called for legislative action on the right to disconnect and telework at EU level. In its response, the Commission confirmed its intention to follow up with a proposal for a legislative act, in full respect of the proportionality, subsidiarity and better law-making principles.

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30/04/24

Request for a European legal framework for the control and registration of asbestos

The organisation EFBWW, ETUC and EPSU are calling on the Belgian Presidency of the EU to act quickly to establish a European legal framework for the control and registration of asbestos in order to protect workers' health and safety.

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30/04/24

Limiting the most harmful chemicals to “essential uses”

What are the principles and criteria for the use of chemical substances, even the most harmful ones? In a Communication dated 22 April, the European Commission defined the concept of “essential uses”.

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30/04/24

2026-2028: the “Healthy Workplaces” campaign will focus on mental health at work

While the "Healthy Workplaces" 2023-2025 campaign on “Safety and health at work in the digital age” is in full swing, EU-OSHA is already preparing the next one. In 2026-2028, it will address the issue of mental health at work.

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30/04/24

The European Parliament adopts the directive on the employment of platforms

MEPs have just overwhelmingly approved (554 votes in favour, 56 against and 24 abstentions) a watered-down version of the EU's Platform Workers Directive on Wednesday (24 April), bringing to an end two years of intense negotiations.

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27/03/24

Artificial intelligence: MEPs adopt “historic” law

On 13 March, the European Parliament adopted by a very large majority the world's first “binding” regulation on artificial intelligence, based on the draft presented by the European Commission in April 2021. The Council must now formally adopt it.

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20/03/24

Violence and harassment at work: European social negotiations supported by the Commission

Ten European sectoral trade union and employer organisations (health, prisons, education, catering, etc.), with the support of the European Commission, have started negotiations on violence and harassment by third parties at work.

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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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