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August 2026
Occupational Safety and Health News – Europe
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Tackling sexual and cyber harassment in the workplace
Harassment at work, whether in person or online, has serious consequences for workers’ safety, health and wellbeing. Almost 1 in 3 women across the EU have experienced sexual harassment at work, ranging from inappropriate jokes to exposure to sexually explicit images. As digital technologies...
Building healthier workplaces for teachers in a changing education sector
Our new report focuses on preventing psychosocial risks and promoting good mental health among teaching professionals such as teachers, academic staff, research assistants and others. It includes good practices and policy pointers to support mental wellbeing in this key sector, which employs 10...
Managing heat at work in a changing climate
With climate change, extreme heat events are becoming more frequent and intense. The repeated heatwaves experienced across Europe this summer highlight the growing risks for workers. High temperatures affect safety, health and productivity, particularly for those working outdoors or in hot...
OiRA - Online interactive Risk Assessment
Unlocking prevention: 15 years of OiRA
Risk assessment opens the door to safe and healthy work. Yet many small businesses struggle to unlock that door, held back by limited resources and a lack of OSH expertise. Fifteen years ago, EU-OSHA launched OiRA, the Online interactive Risk Assessment platform, to help MSEs across Europe...
EU news bites
EU Directive revision to better protect workers from hazardous substances
Occupational exposure to hazardous substances remains one of the most serious risks to workers’ health in the EU, with about 120,000 work-related cancer cases and approximately 80,000 fatalities annually. The sixth revision of the Directive on carcinogens, mutagens or reprotoxic substances at...
OSHwiki – Networking knowledge
New on OSHwiki: gender equality and workplace psychosocial risks
Gender can influence both the psychosocial risks to which workers are exposed and the way in which these risk factors affect them. This is the focus of this latest OSHwiki article. The concentration of women and men in different sectors and positions within organisational hierarchies can limit...
Open calls for tenders
New call for tenders: OSH overview on cardiovascular diseases
We are inviting tenders for a comprehensive study on occupational safety and health (OSH) focusing on the prevention of work-related cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), return to work after a CVD, and the retention of workers with chronic CVDs. The successful tenderer will be required to...
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Foresight study – Climate change implications on OSH
This foresight study examines the climate change related developments that could (indirectly) affect occupational safety and health (OSH) and the future of work in Europe by 2050. Drawing on a literature review, stakeholder inputs and scenario development, it explores how consequences of...
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'KAN' podcast with EU-OSHA: how do we protect workers' safety and health?
We support policymakers, employers and workers across Europe in creating safer and healthier workplaces, but what does that really mean? EU-OSHA senior research project manager Dietmar Elsler joined the 'KAN' podcast to discuss the Agency's work.
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