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22/09/23

New EU-OSHA campaign “Health and safety at work in the digital age”.

The new website for the Healthy Workplaces 2023-2025 campaign, which focuses on digital technologies in the workplace, is now up and running. Available in 25 languages, it offers a range of resources and information ahead of the campaign's official launch in October.

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30/08/23

Platform workers and social security: recent developments in America

A recent article published on the website of the International Social Security Association (ISSA) outlines developments in American countries that have, or could have, an impact on the status and social protection of platform workers.

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30/08/23

Work-related cardiovascular disease and depression in Europe: an ETUI study

A research project funded by ETUI, the European Trade Union Institute, aimed to estimate the proportion and annual burden of cardiovascular disease and depression attributable to occupational exposure in Europe.

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25/08/23

High temperatures at work: guidelines for workplaces

Heat stress is a risk for workers, both indoors and outdoors, and in all sectors of activity. A new guide from EU-OSHA, available in 22 languages, offers employers and workers practical ways - both organizational and technical - to mitigate, manage and train for this occupational risk, which is all the more important with climate change.

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04/08/23

High-risk sectors/occupations in Europe: the point of view of labour inspectorates

Labour inspectors have an overall view of the current occupational health and safety landscape, which is a valuable source of information. This is shown by a joint survey conducted by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) and the Senior Labour Inspectors Committee (SLIC).

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04/07/23

Machinery: comparative analysis between the 2023 Regulation and the 2006 Directive

Published in the Official Journal on 29 June 2023, the New European Machinery Regulation repeals the 2006 Directive. With what changes? Once again, EUROGIP and the ETUI have joined forces to publish an article-by-article comparative analysis of the two texts.

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30/06/23

The Council in favour of better protection for workers against chemicals

The Council is ready to start negotiations with the European Parliament on a new initiative to protect workers from the health risks associated with exposure to dangerous chemicals. This follows the proposal for a directive presented by the Commission on 13 February 2023 on limit values for diisocyanates, lead and its inorganic compounds.

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30/06/23

The new Machinery Regulation has been published in the Official Journal

The new Machinery Regulation, adopted on 14 June and repealing the 2006 Directive, was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 29 June.

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19/06/23

New social security agreement in the interests of cross-border workers

From 1 July 2023, a new European framework agreement will come into force to allow cross-border teleworkers to continue to work regularly from their country of residence without their social security being transferred to their country of residence.

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02/06/23

AI: MEPs approve new transparency and risk management rules

On 11 May, MEPs on the Internal Market and Civil Liberties Committees adopted a joint draft negotiating mandate for the world's first rules on artificial intelligence (AI).

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