Abroad
10/06/14
ITALY: Asbestos represents a very worrying health risk for the population
Asbestos continues to cause casualties among workers exposed during their work activity, but also among the population living in...
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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.
Abroad
10/06/14
DENMARK: Revision of the criteria for recognition of breast cancer related to night work
The Occupational Diseases Committee of the Department of Occupational Injuries and Diseases recently examined the correlation between night work...
Abroad
10/06/14
BELGIUM: New legislation relating to psychosocial risks (PSR)
The new legislation defines the scope of PSR, includes them in general risk analysis, defines the role of risk...
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...
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...
