Occupational Safety and Health News - OSHmail 284

OSHmail 284

June 2026

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Inclusive workplace

Building inclusive workplaces: tackling psychosocial risks in a diverse workforce

To mark Pride Month, a new EU-OSHA report highlights how workforce diversity shapes exposure to psychosocial risks - and what can be done to prevent them. The findings show how discrimination and inequality, job insecurity and precariousness, a poor social environment and work organisation...

Worker suffering from heat stress

Managing climate change: Smart technologies for workplace heat risk prevention

Climate change is increasing worker exposure to heat-related risks, with rising temperatures and frequent heatwaves intensifying occupational heat hazards across many sectors. This publication, marking World Environment Day, explores how smart technologies can support heat risk prevention...

Cancer and work

Cancer and work: new web section explores support and prevention

Cancer remains the leading cause of work ‑related deaths in the EU, accounting for 100,000 fatalities annually and exposing millions of workers to cancer risk factors in their daily jobs. Marking the European Week Against Cancer 2026 , our new thematic web section presents data on work-related...

OiRA - Online interactive Risk Assessment

Illustration of three workers standing in front of measuring tools and large hands making “OK” signs, symbolising workplace standards, safety and compliance

Bringing prevention onto the agenda of European Skills & VET Week

How can skills, vocational education and lifelong learning help Europe respond to economic, social, green and digital transitions? This question frames European Skills & VET Week , led by the European Commission and Cedefop. The Week is a platform for policymakers, employers, experts and...

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Business people looking into a safety book

Managers at the frontline of tackling psychosocial risks

Managers play a vital role in creating safe, healthy and supportive workplaces. A new OSHwiki article explores how managers can help prevent and manage psychosocial risks by recognising workplace risk factors, supporting open communication, involving workers and promoting good work organisation...

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Climate-driven scenarios for future occupational safety and health in Europe 2050

This policy brief presents four possible future scenarios for Europe in 2050, built upon EU-OSHA’s foresight study on the potential indirect impacts of climate change on occupational safety and health and the nature of work over the next 10 to 25 years. The scenarios include different...

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