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Community news

17/04/25

The role of occupational risks in keeping older workers in employment

Does older workers' exposure to occupational risks play a role in keeping them in employment? This is one of the issues addressed in the latest report from Eurofound, "Working conditions and sustainable work - Keeping older workers in the labor market".

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Abroad

11/04/25

FINLAND: causes of accidents at work in the medical-social sector identified

Thanks to a new methodology, it is now possible to identify the action previously carried out before the occurrence of an occupational accident in the medico-social sector in Finland.

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Abroad

10/04/25

IRELAND: “BeSMART.ie”, a risk assessment tool designed for small businesses and the self-employed

BeSMART.ie, the online tool to facilitate occupational health and safety compliance in Ireland, soon to be exported?

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Standardization

25/03/25

March 2025: What’s new in OSH standardisation?

EUROGIP monitors newly published texts or work in progress at European (CEN) or international (ISO) level in the field of occupational health and safety (OHS) standardisation.

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Community news

19/03/25

EU-OSHA: three new publications on emerging risks to health and safety at work

The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) warns about the impact of technological developments on occupational safety and health (OSH). Through three new publications, it sheds light on the issues related to sustainable mobility, electromagnetic fields and eco-anxiety, while proposing solutions.

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Abroad

19/03/25

AUSTRIA: an accident while travelling on an e-scooter is excluded from accident insurance

The Austrian Supreme Court recently upheld the decision of the legal accident insurance that an accident that occurred in February 2023 while commuting on an e-scooter could not be considered an accident at work. The reason given is that this means of transport is ‘generally not accepted or safe’.

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News

12/03/25

Episode 3 of EUROGIP Discussions takes stock of the Platform work Directive

Episode 3 of our EUROGIP Discussions series is devoted to platform workers and the new directive published in October 2024, aimed at improving their working conditions. An essential topic, given that there are some 28.3 million of them in the EU today, with few rights and management largely automated by algorithms.

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Abroad

07/03/25

FINLAND: rise in workplace accidents in 2024

In 2024, the number of occupational accidents (OI) in Finland reached 115,000 cases among employees, including 24,000 commuting accidents. Compared with the previous year, this represents a 4% increase in occupational accidents and a 10% rise in commuting accidents. The frequency rate of occupational accidents also increased, reaching 25.4 cases per million hours worked, compared with 24.6 in 2023.

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News

07/03/25

Report on working conditions in France in 2023: EUROGIP’s contribution

Alongside the social partners and prevention organizations, EUROGIP features in the Report of working conditions in 2023, recently published by the French Ministry of Labor. Dedicated to the actions of those involved in occupational risk prevention, this document presents trends in occupational accident rates, as well as the progress made by prevention policies and measures.

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Abroad

27/02/25

GERMANY: a guide to better management of ageing in the workplace

In response to the ageing workforce, the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) has published the first edition of the Later Life Workplace Index (LLWI).

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