Community news
25/04/25
Napo VS technostress
Overwhelmed by new technologies, anxious to be constantly connected and exhausted by the amount of information he receives, in this new animated film Napo faces a new occupational risk: technostress!
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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
24/04/25
UNITED KINGDOM: employers urged to combat stress at work
Since 1992, April has been officially Stress Awareness Month in the UK. The UK's national occupational health and safety regulator (HSE) has launched a campaign aimed at promoting good mental health in the workplace.
News
22/04/25
EUROGIP’s work cited by the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE)
The EESC has just published a new study entitled "Prevention in occupational health - Challenges and prospects", in which it draws on work by EUROGIP.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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’.
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.
