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Senior Labour Inspectors' Committee meeting in Hungary ()The Senior Labour Inspectors’ Committee – SLIC two day long meeting is organized every half a year in the given country providing the presidency of the EU. Senior Labour Inspectors’ Committee was established in 1995 to give its opinion to the Commission, either at the Commission’s request or on its own initiative, on all problems relating to the enforcement by the Member States of Community law on health and safety at work. The SLIC is composed of the general directors of the labour inspectorates of each Member State. Around 50 foreign participants were involved in the event representing the national inspectorates of the European Union, the European Commission, the candidate countries, the EFTA member states and several international organizations among of others the International Labour Organization (ILO), European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), European Network Education and Training in Occupational Safety and Health (ENETOSH). |
Report on the events of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work held in Hungary in the second half of 2010 ()Widespred methods of information are several events: workshops, conferences, professional seminars etc. EU-OSHA provides support for event organization, hereinafter you can find detailed information on the events organized in Hungary in the second half of 2010. |
European Good Practice Awards 2010-2011 ()The Hungarian Presidency of the European Union hosted the 10 th European Good Practice Awards ceremony. The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) recognised and rewarded the outstanding contribution to safe maintenance made by eight organisations and companies from across Europe. Part of EU-OSHA’s Healthy Workplaces Campaign on Safe Maintenance, the awards were presented in Budapest on 28th April 2011 on the World Day for Safety and Health at Work. Entries were received from organisations of all sized, and from a wide variety of industrial sectors, keen to demonstrate and share their good practice examples. The new booklet published at the same time presents case studies on good practices of the eight award winners and the fifteen commended organizations. |
79% of European managers are concerned by work-related stress ()but less than a third of companies have set procedures to deal with it. |
Launch of the new Healthy Workplaces Campaign on Safe maintenance ()To mark the World Day for Safety and Health at Work on 28 April, EU-OSHA has launched its new Healthy Workplaces Campaign for 2010-11, promoting safe maintenance across Europe. |
Become an official EU Campaign partner ()Pan-European or international organisations/companies willing to get substantially involved in the new Healthy Workplaces Campaign 2010-11 on Safe Maintenance are invited to submit their application to become official partners of the campaign. |
New web section dedicated to National Focal Points and national OSH systems ()The focal points of EU-OSHA have a new web section giving an overview of national occupational safety and health systems in the Member States, EFTA States, and candidate and pre-candidate countries. |
EU-OSHA on Youtube.com ()The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work has recently issued a number of videos to promote OSH topics and events. |
Browse all publications ()by type, subject or keyword. |
Combined exposure to Noise and Ototoxic Substances ()Noise-induced hearing loss remains one of the most prominent occupational diseases in Europe. |
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work has published a new vacancy notice ()for the post of Finance and Procurement Manager (AD 6). |
Outlook: New and emerging risks in occupational safety and health ()The safety and health of EU workers is affected by changing demographic structures, new technologies and the increasing shift in employment towards the service sector. |
European Good Practice Awards ()The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) invites nominations for the tenth European Good Practice Awards in occupational health and safety. |
World’s biggest workplace health and safety campaign goes from strength to strength ()As the Healthy Workplaces campaign on risk assessment draws to a close, a new Risk assessment Tools Database was made available. |
Risk assessment in the use of dangerous substances ()- european campaign. |
The EU-OSHA started a case study collection on good leadership in OSH in January conducted by the Topic Centre. ()The purpose is to find case studies that demonstrate how strong commitment from the management to OSH can lead to a reduction in sickness absence, a decrease in work related accidents and incidents and an enhancement of productivity. Case studies demonstrating good OSH leadership should at a minimum fulfil the following requirements:
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Risk Assessment Tools Database ()The Agency has developed a risk assessment tools database with tools from all over Europe. The database is regularly updated.
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19th World Congress on Occupational Health and Safety at Work ()19th World Congress on Occupational Health and Safety at Work will take place in Istanbul, in 11-15 September 2011. |
New report: Assessment, elimination and substantial reduction of occupational risks ()This report features cases from a variety of workplaces |
New report on Workforce diversity and risk assessment ()“Workforce diversity and risk assessment: Ensuring everyone is covered” |
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