Abroad, Covid-19 News
21/04/20
FRANCE: Protect employees against Covid-19
The employer must ensure the safety and health protection of its employees. To help him to prevent more particularly...
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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, Covid-19 News
21/04/20
BELGIUM: Adaptation of the criteria for recognition of Covid-19 as an occupational disease
Fedris has clarified the occupational categories for which there is an increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 contamination. This allows the...
Abroad
21/04/20
GERMANY: less accidents at work in 2019
In 2019, the number of reportable accidents at work fell by 0.4% compared to 2018 to 873,971 and commuting...
Abroad, Covid-19 News
21/04/20
GERMANY: A new Covid-19 occupational safety standard
On April 16, 2020, the Federal Minister of Labour and the Director General of the DGUV presented the new SARS-CoV-2...
Abroad, Covid-19 News
21/04/20
SPAIN: workplace good practices guidance facing Covid-19
The government’s workplace good practices guidance specifies the most essential hygiene and interpersonal distance measures to be followed in...
Abroad, Covid-19 News
21/04/20
SWITZERLAND: occupational health protection and Covid-19
The employer must legally take all necessary measures to protect the health of his workers. The State Secretariat for...
Community news, Covid-19 News
21/04/20
A European roadmap to lifting coronavirus containment measures
In mid-April, the Commission and the European Council presented their European “roadmap” to lifting coronavirus containment measures. Taking into...
Community news, Covid-19 News
20/04/20
EU-OSHA: Practical tips for home-based telework and protect your health
In the current context of confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of European work from home full-time. A...
News
07/04/20
Examples of reference systems and tools for OSH management
This note presents guidelines and tools to help companies to develop an occupational safety and health management system (OSHMS)....
Community news
18/03/20
Covid-19 and availability of PPE
The European Safety Federation (ESF) stresses the unavailability of certain types of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) or those that...
