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Article 153 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union gives the EU the authority to adopt directives in the field of safety and health at work. The Framework Directive , with its wide scope of application, and further directives focusing on...
These statements are adopted by the Management Board as part of the corporate strategy . They express how the Board wants the Agency to implement its mandate. Our mission We develop, gather and provide reliable and relevant information, analysis and tools...
EU-OSHA is the European Union information agency for occupational safety and health. Our work contributes to the European Commission’s Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2021-2027 and other relevant EU strategies and programmes. In this...
Increasing employment levels and prolonging people’s working lives have been important objectives of national and European policies since the late 1990s. The EU-27 employment rate for people aged 55–64 years has increased from 40.5% in 2005 to 58.5% in...
In fact, in 2015, 17% of workers in the EU reported being exposed to chemical products or substances for at least a quarter of their working time, a proportion practically unchanged since 2000, and 15 % report breathing in smoke, fumes, powder or dust at...
Discover EU-OSHA: check out our corporate video! Our key activities The Healthy Workplaces Campaigns — our two-year campaigns raise awareness of occupational safety and health (OSH) topics across Europe Online interactive Risk Assessment (OiRA) project —...
Healthy Workplaces Summit 2017 In 2007, the duration of each campaign increased from one year to two years, responding to the increasing need to raise awareness of safety and health issues at different levels by providing accessible data, information and...
Information provided on the basis of Articles 11 – 12 of Regulation (EC) 45/2001 of the European Parliament and Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and...
Directive 89/391 - OSH "Framework Directive" of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work - "Framework Directive". In 1989 some provisions of the Framework Directive brought about...
Stress, anxiety and depression make up the second most common work-related health problem affecting European workers. Raising mental health aspects and mentioning challenges in the workplace is still attached to the fear of stigma. Nevertheless, the...