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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.

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31/01/22

BELGIUM: Civil servants have “right to disconnect”

From 1 February next, federal civil servants, whether statutory, trainee, proxy or contractual, will have a “right to disconnect”. This new legislative provision is the result of "the conviction that the increasing use of digital tools outside working hours" can be a major source of stress.
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31/01/22

GERMANY: an in-depth evaluation of the “Kommitmensch” campaign

The project was ambitious. Under the slogan “kommmitmensch”, which could be translated as “come with me”, the DGUV and the professional associations and accident insurance funds jointly conducted a four-year campaign to increase the prevention culture in companies, especially SMEs. This campaign is now being thoroughly evaluated.
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Community news

31/01/22

European Machinery Coordination: contract award notice

On 14 January 2022, the European Commission published the notice of award of the contract for the technical secretariats of the European coordination of notified bodies under various regulations, including the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC.
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31/01/22

GERMANY: combating online event fatigue

Meetings, video conferences, webinars... Online events are increasingly used as an alternative to face-to-face meetings. Of course, they have many advantages. But when they are too frequent and last too long, they can create fatigue and a feeling of exhaustion.
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Community news

31/01/22

New film: Napo battling robots at work

“Think digital, think safety and health”. This is the message of the new film with the prevention mascot Napo. The film describes some of the emerging robotic technologies, the types of accidents associated with them, the main hazards and how they can be controlled.
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Community news

30/12/21

Exposure to chemical agents and asbestos

The Commission shall publish the most recent, up-to-date and robust information on exposure to lead and its compounds, asbestos and diisocyanates in view of the possible revision of the relevant Directives.
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30/12/21

ITALY: Covid-19 declarations down in 2021 compared to 2020

Between the beginning of the pandemic and 30 November, Inail registrated 185,633 reports of work-related coronavirus infections and 797 deaths. These represent more than one-sixth of the total number of accident at work reports received as of January 2020.
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