Standardization
10/06/14
Second international meeting on the ISO 45001 standard on “Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems”
The second session of ISO Project Committee PC 283 was held in Casablanca, Morocco, from 31 March to 4...
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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
10/06/14
Psychosocial risk (PSR) prevention in the iron and steel sector: A new Eurofound publication
Eurofound has just published a report which describes how three European iron and steel firms approached PSR prevention, by...
Community news
10/06/14
Europeans’ working conditions have deteriorated in the past five years
The European Commission has published the results of a survey of Europeans’ working conditions and the impact that the...
News, Standardization
07/05/14
France and Germany sign a joint declaration on standardization in occupational health and safety
On 25 March in Bonn (Germany), EUROGIP and the INRS for France, and the KAN for Germany, signed a joint declaration to reaffirm,...
Abroad
07/05/14
BELGIUM: Employers exempted from reporting minor occupational injuries to the insurance organization
The Royal Order of 19 March 2014 establishes new procedures for reporting minor occupational injuries. A minor occupational injury...
Abroad
07/05/14
GERMANY: The social partners adopt the National OH&S Strategy as a basis for combating PSR
At a conference on 19 March 2014, in which the Minister of Labour also took part, the social partners...
Abroad
07/05/14
SWEDEN: Is the current legislation ineffective to combat work-related stress?
The number of diseases caused by occupational stress has increased considerably in Sweden. At present, 40% of those on...
Abroad
07/05/14
DENMARK: Improving the psychosocial work environment of Church employees
Psychosocial risks concern all trades. A study funded by the ministry in question and carried out by Oxford researchers...
Community news
07/05/14
New EU-OSHA report on occupational risks in the hairdressing sector
The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) has published a report on health and safety in...
Community news
07/05/14
Rail sector: The European social partners unite for prevention of psychosocial risks
On 11 March 2014, the European social partners in the rail sector adopted recommendations concerning the identification and prevention...
