Abroad, Covid-19 News
18/06/20
BELGIUM: recognition of Covid-19 in occupational disease extended
The recognition of Covid 19 as an occupational disease now extends to workers in critical sectors or essential services...
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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
18/06/20
GERMANY: OSH figures in 2019
In 2019, the risk of accidents at work decreased and asbestos was the main cause of fatal occupational diseases....
News
17/06/20
EUROGIP publishes its Annual Report 2019
You will discover a reminder of what EUROGIP is in 5 points and the highlights of the year 2019...
Standardization
17/06/20
June 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...
Community news, Covid-19 News
12/06/20
Coronavirus: biological agents directive updated
The European Commission has published an update to the Biological Agents Directive to include SARS-CoV-2. The text of 3...
Abroad
12/06/20
DENMARK: number of injuries stable for 5 years
The Danish Working Environment Authority reports a total of 42,709 accidents at work in 2019. This number has remained...
Abroad
12/06/20
FRANCE: vocational high school students filming prevention
“From school to work, it’s up to you to film”: INRS‘s annual video competition, organized in partnership with the...
Abroad, Covid-19 News
12/06/20
BELGIUM: compensation for volonteer jobseekers who died as a result of Covid-19
By creating a “Volunteers Covid-19 Fund” within Fedris, the federal government is now making it possible to provide compensation...
Abroad, Covid-19 News
08/06/20
BELGIUM: short videos for working safely
Because it is still as important as ever to respect the preventive measures at work against the coronavirus, the...
Community news, Covid-19 News
08/06/20
OSH not in Commission’s top 40 priorities despite coronavirus
Given the health crisis, the European Commission has adjusted its work programme which includes 43 new initiatives compared to...
