Abroad
07/07/15
ESTONIA: Signature of an agreement for implementation of the work disability reform
In 2013, the government launched a reform tightening the conditions of recognition of work disabilities and access to benefits....
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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
07/07/15
BELGIUM: One construction site out of two halted during a Labour Inspection operation
On 18 June 2015, the Labour Inspectors carried out a crackdown throughout Belgium to inspect construction sites. The 140...
Abroad
07/07/15
DENMARK: Success for innovative workplace safety kits
Since January 2011, the Danish workplace safety fund has provided firms selected by the social partners with risk prevention...
Abroad
07/07/15
ITALY: A sharp increase in MSDs in the trade sector
INAIL devoted the latest issue of its statistical review Dati Inail to the wholesale and retail trade, the most...
Standardization
07/07/15
The future ISO 45001 standard on Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems goes a step further
The future ISO 45001 standard is currently being prepared in ISO/PC 283, under the responsibility of the BSI, ISO...
Community news
07/07/15
Psychosocial risks (PSRs) and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs): The most frequent emerging risks
On 23 June 2015, EU-OSHA presented to the European Parliament the main conclusions of the second European Survey of...
Standardization
27/05/15
The European Commission’s civil servants trained in standardization
This standardization training was organized by the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW, formerly DG...
Community news
27/05/15
Asbestos: At least one European out of three can be exposed
In 2010, the 53 WHO member states in the Europe region had undertaken to establish, by the end of...
Abroad
27/05/15
GERMANY: Signature of a pact on “Work and Health in the Land of Baden-Württemberg”
The pact signed in Stuttgart in March 2015 “represents an important step for the local government with a view...
Abroad
27/05/15
THE NETHERLANDS: Occupational skin cancers do not mobilize the medical world
The NCvB has decided to devote its energies to work-related skin cancers with a view to the National Skin Cancer Prevention...
