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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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17/03/21

BELGIUM: feeling good at work

“What if, together, we could make things happen?” This is the theme of an awareness-raising campaign launched by the SFP Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue. It has been offering tools to prevent psychosocial risks for over 25 years. But the crisis has come and gone, and it was necessary to act.
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Abroad

12/03/21

DENMARK: Update on Covid-19 occupational injuries

On 8 March, the competent institution AES recorded 4,921 reports of work-related Covid-19. These are cases concerning the disease itself, but also allergies resulting from the use of protective equipment for example.
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Abroad

01/03/21

AUSTRIA: recognition of mesotheliomas is relatively low

In Austria, employers and doctors must report any suspicion of an occupational disease. More than eight out of ten mesotheliomas are related to exposure to asbestos, which is mainly of occupational origin. They should therefore be reported to AUVA, the competent accident insurance body. However, the AUVA does not recognise relatively few mesotheliomas.
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Community news

27/02/21

Eurofound e-survey: Living, working and Covid-19

Eurofound has just put online the 3rd round of its survey “Living, working and COVID-19”. Its aim is to understand the profound implications of the pandemic on the way people live and work in Europe. The first two rounds of the survey were carried out in April and July 2020.
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Standardization

19/02/21

February 2021: What’s new in OSH standardization?

As part of its occupational safety and health (OSH) standardisation activity, EUROGIP monitors the publication of standards, new subjects on standardisation programmes and consultations at European (CEN) or international (ISO) level.
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