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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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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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Standardization

27/01/22

January 2022: what to remember about OHS standardisation

Publication of standards and new subjects on the CEN or ISO occupational health and safety (OHS) work programmes: EUROGIP tells you everything for January 2022.

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30/12/21

SWITZERLAND: 13 non-compliant FFP2 masks withdrawn from the market

As the market surveillance authority, Suva has withdrawn 13 non-compliant FFP2 respiratory protection masks. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Suva has been monitoring the quality of these products available for sale.

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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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30/12/21

Implications of automation, digitisation and platforms for work and employment

In a context of rapid change, Eurofound has published a new report “The digital age: Implications of automation, digitisation and platforms for work and employment.

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23/12/21

All of us at EUROGIP wish you a Happy New Year 2022

EUROGIP is happy to accompany and enlighten you on the themes of prevention and insurance of work-related risks at international level for 30 years...

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21/12/21

NETHERLANDS: a new centre for compensation of occupational diseases

The Netherlands is one of the few European countries that abolished (in 1966) the specific system of insurance against occupational accidents and diseases introduced in 1901. However, in September the Dutch government set up a new centre of expertise (LEC-SB) which could be a game changer.

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21/12/21

FRANCE: everything you need to know about occupational injuries in 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic brought a significant number of economic activities to a halt from March 2020. In this context, occupational injuries and diseases (OI/OD) decreased overall compared to 2019.

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