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27/03/2020 How does COVID-19 affect our work and lives? Read Eurofound’s blog post geralt via pixabay.com Eurofound’s Executive Director, Juan Menéndez-Valdés, reacts on the COVID-19 crisis and reflects on the impact it will have on the work and lives of Europeans, and people beyond Europe. He outlines the role of Eurofound, as he foresees it, in the…
26/03/2020 From Research to Practice in Occupational Health and Safety © EU-OSHA / Cristina Vatielli An occupational safety and health (OSH) course organised by the Nordic Institute for Advanced Training in Occupational Health (NIVA) will introduce new methods and approaches on how to increase the value and use of OHS research for end users. In…
23/03/2020 EULAR calls on governments to support people with RMD in the workplace © INSHT EU citizens with a rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease (RMD) who are professionally active in the health care and medical area have the right to be safe at work. The European League Against Rheumatism, EULAR, calls for a number of measures to be…
19 mars, 2020
19/03/2020 Public consultation on ‘Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan’ PDPics via pixabay.com Every year, 3.5 million people in the EU are diagnosed with cancer, and 1.3 million people die from cancer each year. What’s more, work-related cancer remains the biggest occupational health challenge in Europe. With this public consultation , the…
18/03/2020 Ergonomic intervention tackles MSDs risks for nursery-school teachers and children Image by Iris Hamelmann from Pixabay A case study commissioned by EU-OSHA sheds light on the risk factors for musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in nursery-schools and explores the effects of an ergonomic intervention. The project ErgoKita reviewed the current state of knowledge on…
17/03/2020 ECHA launches EUCLEF – your access point to chemicals legislation © European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) launched the COSME funded EU Chemicals Legislation Finder (EUCLEF) , a new online service that gives free-of-charge access to an overview of 40 pieces of EU chemicals legislation you may need to comply with,…
16 mars, 2020
16/03/2020 Covid-19 and EU-OSHA Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay EU-OSHA is currently working remotely until further notice. We remain open for business and we all have access to our regular IT systems while teleworking. All forthcoming meetings and visits to the agency’s premises are either cancelled/rescheduled…
16 mars, 2020
16/03/2020 #EU4FairWork Week of Action now up and running Image by: European Platform tackling undeclared work The first European campaign to promote declared work, #EU4FairWork , has just launched their Week of Action. From 16-20 March members and observers of the European Platform tackling undeclared work organise activities to raise awareness of the…
12 mars, 2020
12/03/2020 2020 EU Health Award: Vaccination and healthy lifestyles for children in the spotlight The European Commission’s 2020 EU Health Award honours cities and schools that positively impact their communities by promoting healthy lifestyle among children (6-18 years old) and NGOs, schools and kindergartens promoting vaccination in children (…
12 mars, 2020
12/03/2020 Arbetsrelaterade belastningsbesvär: ny sammanfattningsrapport kompletterar rönen på EU-nivå med nationella data © EU-OSHA /Pictures from participantes to the Good Practice Award 2012 Denna senaste sammanfattningsrapport ingår i ett större projekt vid EU-Osha som syftar till att analysera nationella och europeiska data om arbetsrelaterade belastningsbesvär. I rapporten undersöks utbredningen och omfattningen av belastningsbesvär samt deras riskfaktorer, hur de påverkar hälsan och hur de kan förebyggas på arbetsplatsen.