Standardization
08/08/16
What consequences of the negative vote on the ISO 45001 draft standard?
After the international enquiry on the ISO 45001 draft standard on “Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems” ended last...
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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.
Standardization
30/06/16
June 2016: 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
24/06/16
European survey of early warning systems for new and emerging carcinogenic risks
The Dutch presidency of the EU (first six months of 2016) made combating occupational cancer a priority. In this...
Community news
23/06/16
The significance of work-related cancers in the EU
The Dutch institute for public health and the environment (RIVM) publishes a report on the amplitude of work-related cancers in...
Abroad
23/06/16
FRANCE: Assessment of health risks related to night work
The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (Anses) was consulted to assess the health risks for workers...
Abroad
23/06/16
GREECE: workers’ liability involved in two accidents at work
Two controversial legal decisions make truck drivers liable for the accidents at work of which they have been victims....
Community news
15/06/16
EU-OSHA publishes its 2015 annual report
The ESENER-2 survey, the campaign on PSRs, OiRA, the new website, the Napo films, etc. The annual report which...
Abroad
15/06/16
THE NETHERLANDS: launch of a campaign against harassment and mobbing
In early June the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment launched an awareness raising campaign on discrimination, mobbing and...
Abroad
15/06/16
HUNGARY: one out of two workers suffering from MSDs
According to a survey carried out in 2015, one out of two Hungarian workers aged 35 or over has...
Standardization
15/06/16
Signature of the joint initiative on standardization for the coming four years
On 13 June in Amsterdam, the European Trade Union Confederation and other stakeholders signed the “Joint initiative on standardization”...
