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2024|Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland

New estimates of the phenomenon of under-reporting of accidents at work in Europe

EUROGIP publishes the English version of the updated estimates (2019-2021) of a new analysis of the phenomenon of under-reporting of accidents at work (AWCs) resulting in more than three days’ absence from work in Europe, which confirms that reporting levels vary widely from country to country (from less than 10% to almost 100%).

The wide disparities in incidence rates (number of accidents per 100,000 workers) raise the question of under-reporting. For example, in 2019, non-fatal accidents ranged from 62 to 3,425.

For this analysis, EUROGIP compared the European Statistics on Accidents at Work (ESAW) and the data from the European Union Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS) published by Eurostat, the Commission’s Directorate-General for Statistics. It used the two methods it had developed in its 2017 study:

the ‘ratios’ method, which is based on estimating a theoretical number of non-fatal accidents from the number of fatal accidents, the latter being assumed to be stable as an annual average and not very prone to under-reporting ;
the ‘survey’ approach, based on estimating the incidence rates experienced by respondents to the 2020 EU Labour Force Survey.

These empirical studies must be interpreted with caution, as they depend on the accuracy of the data collected and the statistical methods used. Their main purpose is to put the information on accidents at work into perspective.

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2024

EUROGIP Annual Report 2023

EUROGIP is publishing its 2023 Activity Report. This is an opportunity to (re)discover this French occupational risk insurance organisation dedicated to European, and even international, issues relating to accidents at work and occupational illnesses in their various components: prevention, insurance, statistics.

The document highlights the work and achievements in these areas and aims to:

collect relevant information
analyse and understand
share knowledge
initiate and develop exchanges
contribute to European and international projects
lead standardisation work in occupational health and safety
promote a common position on the regulatory certification of personal protective equipment and machinery.

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2023|Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden

Teleworking and accidents at work in seven European countries

Drawing on its expertise in occupational injuries insurance systems, this EUROGIP’s report examines how an employee who suffers an accident at work while teleworking should be treated.

The question takes on its full importance in a context where this organization of remote work has certainly developed in a period of health crisis linked to Covid-19, but has now taken root on a long-term basis.

What coverage is available to employees? What are the prerogatives of the employer, who remains responsible for employee health and safety? What legislation has developed and applies today? What is the case law?

These are just some of the questions examined in this report, which covers seven European countries: Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Sweden.

The well-documented analysis focuses primarily on telecommuting, and not on other possible forms of remote working. In addition, it focuses on salaried employment with reference to the general occupational injury insurance scheme that covers it in the seven countries studied.

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2023|Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Gulf States, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, New-Zeland, Portugal, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, United-Kingdom, United-States

Working in extreme heat and heatwaves: what legislation and preventive measures at international level?

The new EUROGIP report looks at legislation and preventive action taken in the event of hot work or heatwaves in a number of countries:

Europe: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Worldwide: Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, South Africa, the Gulf States, China, Japan and South Korea.

The increasingly frequent and intense heatwaves linked to global warming can have serious, even fatal, health consequences for workers. Protecting their health and safety is therefore a major challenge.

EUROGIP offers an overview of the various measures (legislation, collective agreements, tools, campaigns, etc.) adopted in the countries studied to meet this challenge. The first question asked is whether there is a maximum working temperature.

This report focuses in particular on jobs carried out outdoors and therefore particularly affected by heat waves.

The original version is in French and the Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association, JISHA, translated the summary into Japanese.

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2023|Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden

Recognition and compensation of work-related mental disorders in Europe

EUROGIP has published the results of a new study on the recognition of work-related mental disorders as accidents at work and/or occupational diseases in 7 European countries: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Sweden.

It turns out that, under certain conditions, a mental illness resulting from a specific, sudden and unforeseeable event can theoretically be recognised as an accident at work in many European countries.

But an increasing number of workers are now claiming to be suffering from non-traumatic disorders (depression, burnout, etc.), caused by the organisation and working conditions, violence or management style they encounter in the workplace. These situations, corresponding to prolonged exposure to a psychosocial risk, raise the question of recognition of psychological disorders as occupational diseases, an issue on which only a few countries – Denmark, Spain, France, Italy and Sweden – took a favourable stance some twenty years ago.

The new EUROGIP report therefore looks at :

mental disorders linked to psychosocial risks (those caused by toxic substances, particularly solvents, are excluded);
the five countries which recognise mental disorders as occupational diseases, as well as Germany and Belgium, where information on recognition as accidents at work is available;
the process of recognition of the occupational nature of mental illnesses;
the statistics published by “accidents at work/occupational diseases” insurers.

One point concerns recognition of suicide.

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2023

Machinery: from the Directive to the new Regulation, what changes?

The New European Machinery Regulation, published in the Official Journal on 29 June 2023, repeals the 2006 Directive. EUROGIP and the ETUI have joined forces to publish an article-by-article comparative analysis of the two texts.

The authors, Pierre Belingard at EUROGIP and Stefano Boy at the ETUI, have designed this guide as an essential tool for stakeholders interested in the design, use and monitoring of machinery to assess the quality and relevance of the proposed changes. In addition, the guide should contribute to the production of high-quality harmonised standards.

The document is presented in 2 main columns, with the articles of the new Regulation 2023/1230 opposite those of Directive 2006/42. A colour code makes it easy to identify the differences between the two texts: addition, deletion, modification or relocation of part of the text.

It is thus similar to the previous comparison guide between Directives 98/37 and 2006/42 on which EUROGIP and the ETUI had already collaborated in 2008. In particular, EUROGIP translated the document into French.

NB: the guide is also available in French and in German

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2023

EUROGIP Annual Report 2022

EUROGIP is publishing its 2022 annual activity report. In it you will find a reminder of what EUROGIP is in a few key points and the highlights of the year according to its activities, which all have occupational health and safety or insurance of occupational risks in Europe as common denominators:

Studies and surveys
European projects
Information & monitoring
External relations & communication
Standardisation in occupational health and safety
Coordination of notified bodies for personal protective equipment and machinery.

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2022|Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain, Sweden

Focus on the recognition of Covid-19 as an occupational injury in nine European countries

EUROGIP publishes a new Focus on the possibilities of recognition of Covid-19 as an accident at work/occupational disease (AW/OD). The document updates the information published in May 2020.

Indeed, since their first positions were taken in the midst of containment, the occupational injury insurers have refined or changed certain provisions, in particular because of the increase in the number of requests for recognition, both from healthcare workers and from other categories of workers.

Now that the systems have stabilized, certain observations can be made. These are presented in this Focus, together with a summary table and details of the conditions for recognition in nine European countries: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain and Sweden.

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2022|France, Germany, Portugal, Switzerland

EUROGIP 2022 Discussions: report published after the conference

The EUROGIP 2022 Discussions (“Les Débats d’EUROGIP”) were held on 5 April on the theme “Protecting health and safety at work in a changing world”. In the aftermath of the conference, what should we learn from it?

Current changes, whether organizational or technological – and the two often go hand in hand – bring with them risks (traditional or new) that must be constantly assessed. They can also offer opportunities in terms of occupational health and prevention: fewer MSDs with exoskeletons, more autonomy and recognition in teleworking, etc. The key is, as usual, to carry out a risk assessment as early as possible.

This first report will be followed by an online replay and the proceedings (in French), containing a more exhaustive account of the discussions.

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2022|Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United-Kingdom

Platform workers: what status for what social protection? Characteristics – European initiatives – Situation in 6 European countries

EUROGIP publishes a new report entitled: “Platform workers: what status for what social protection? Characteristics – European initiatives – Situation in 6 European countries”.

Platform work is bringing about profound changes in the world of work. The consequences for working conditions are major, with blurred boundaries between employees and self-employed… This transformation has taken place rapidly, thanks to the flourishing development of technology and the massive use of new applications. But regulation has not kept pace, leaving workers often without social security coverage and in “grey areas”.

However, platform work is not free of occupational risks, whether they are common to other professions (MSD, road risk, for example), or linked to the very characteristics of these new jobs, such as the pressure linked to the continuous evaluation system, the need to perform as many tasks as possible, “algorithmic management”, etc.

In order to find concrete solutions to the challenges arising from platform work, the European Commission has proposed a set of measures – including a Directive – to ensure that the workers concerned “can enjoy the labour rights and social benefits to which they are entitled”.

This EUROGIP report does not claim to be exhaustive on such a vast and rapidly evolving subject. Its purpose is to analyse the phenomenon and understand its scope, to take stock of the challenges that this transformation of the world of work poses to our society, particularly in terms of social protection, including occupational injury insurance. It also analyses the actions implemented in recent years at the European Union level and in six countries: France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Belgium and the United Kingdom.

(the report is in French only for the moment)