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May 2026
Occupational Safety and Health News – Europe
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Discover the new web section ‘Future climate change-related developments and crises’
A new foresight study examines how climate change and climate action could indirectly affect workers’ safety and health over the next 25 years. It looks beyond immediate risks such as heat stress and focuses on longer‑term transformations and disruptions in working conditions, highlighting how...
World OSH Day: new Healthy Workplaces Campaign website on mental health at work
Marking World Day for Safety and Health at Work, EU-OSHA unveils its website for the Healthy Workplaces Campaign 2026-2028 ‘Together for mental health at work’. The website, currently available in English, offers a first look at the upcoming campaign’s focus: managing and preventing...
The future of work: new insights on labour shortages and artificial intelligence
Two new discussion papers from our Future of Work project examine how emerging trends may shape occupational safety and health (OSH) in the near future. The first paper explores the pressures that labour shortages can create for OSH and includes policies and strategies aimed at addressing the...
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Discussing psychosocial risks in the workplace in Estonia
With World OSH Day providing a timely context, EU-OSHA took part in a seminar on mental health and psychosocial risk factors at Tartu Applied Health Sciences University in Estonia. The event was co-organised by the Estonian OSHVET ambassador, with the participation of our Estonian focal point...
OiRA - Online interactive Risk Assessment
Partners join forces to strengthen OiRA uptake in workplaces
How to strengthen the visibility and use of the Online interactive Risk Assessment (OiRA) tools was the focus of the OiRA and IRAT Community Meeting, held in Bilbao on 21–22 April 2026. Bringing together OiRA and IRAT partners, the meeting offered an opportunity to share experiences and address...
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Biological monitoring at work: Guidance for OSH experts and workplaces
Occupational biomonitoring is a tool for the assessment of exposure to chemicals at work. This guide sets out common principles and explains the role and use of biological monitoring guidance values and biological limit values. It offers occupational safety and health professionals, and...
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Summary - Occupational safety and health in Europe: state and trends 2023
The report describes the state of occupational safety and health in the EU, and covers current trends and the developments. It uses data that were compiled in the frame of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work activity ‘EU OSH Information System’ and combines quantitative indicators with...
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Final chance to enter the 2026 Healthy Workplaces Film Award competition
EU-OSHA and the 24th edition of Doclisboa, taking place from 15 to 25 October 2026, have opened the call for entries for the 2026 Healthy Workplaces Film Award. The award recognises documentary films that focus on people in a changing world of work and is accompanied by a €5,000 prize. EU-OSHA also...
Refocusing EU-OSHA’s social media presence
EU-OSHA is no longer active on X, and we would like to thank everyone who followed our work and engaged with us there. We are now carrying on the conversation on Bluesky . And if you have not already done so, you can also follow EU-OSHA on LinkedIn and Facebook . Did you know we are on YouTube and...
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