News
27/07/20
Establishing the occupational origin of a disease: a new report from EUROGIP
Why are there such disparities in Europe in terms of occupational diseases? In its new report “Establishing the occupational...
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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.
Community news
27/07/20
Guidelines on seasonal workers in the EU in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak
The European Commission presented guidelines on the protection of seasonal workers in the EU in mid-July. Indeed, their working...
Abroad, Covid-19 News
27/07/20
DENMARK: Instructions for the recognition of the professional character of the Covid-19
A guide from the Ministry of Employment clearly indicates the possibilities of recognition of the occupational nature of an...
Community news
27/07/20
Start the discussion on MSDs
EU-OSHA provides two resource kits to tackle musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in the workplace: A document – available in many...
Standardization
20/07/20
July 2020: What’s new in health and safety at work standardization?
New standards publications, new works, registration of new subjects or comity creations… Below is the result of the monitoring...
Abroad
02/07/20
SWITZERLAND: audiomobiles for preventive hearing examinations
By means of buses equipped with professional audiometry techniques, the audiomobiles, Suva regularly carries out preventive hearing examinations in...
Community news, Covid-19 News
29/06/20
Directive on biological agents: SARS-CoV-2 remains as a risk group 3 agent
Parliament and the Commission agreed on 11 June to classify SARS-CoV-2 in risk group 3 of biological agents, adding...
Abroad
29/06/20
BELGIUM : safety photo contest
As every year, Prevent organises the “No Holidays for Safety” competition. The principle is simple: to immortalize an amazing...
Abroad
29/06/20
SWEDEN: remote inspections
Due to the pandemic, the Swedish Working Environment Authority is continuing its workplace inspections, but as far as possible...
Abroad
26/06/20
FINLAND: all about occupational diseases
According to the most recent data published by FIOH, a total of 4,090 occupational diseases or suspected occupational diseases...
