This report focuses on the retention, reintegration and rehabilitation of workers with MSDs. It comes in two parts: a literature review on the effectiveness of work-related interventions, and an overview of policy initiatives in Europe and at the international level.

The Lighten the Load campaign featured the Good Practice Awards, which recognise organisations that have made outstanding and innovative contributions to tackling MSDs. The awards promote and encourage practical solutions in workplaces and share this good practice around Europe. This publication contains the summaries of 20 working examples of how companies and organisations from across the EU have taken action against MSDs.

The report highlights the main issues and aims to provide a well-founded evidence base, helping policy makers, actors at enterprise and sector level, as well as researchers and those who record, prevent and compensate occupational diseases in the European Union to set the agenda for the next years.

This guide produced in the framework of COVID-19 pandemia provides advice on how to ensure a safe and healthy home-based telework.   

This guide presents several ergonomic criteria, e.g. adapted to the morphology of the users, that must be taken into account when purchasing furniture and accessories intended for display screen workstations. Most common pitfalls to be avoided are mentioned.

This webpage proposes preventive measures and tips on how to set up in a few minutes an ergonimic computer station.

This web page is intended to teleworkers and provide tips and advice to be followed to ensure a good health at work.

Working with display screens can be a source of eye fatigue, stress and MSDs. This guide focuses on two main issues: health at work and the ergonomic computer work / workstation.

Poster developed in the framework of WHO’s Be Active campaign carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic. Campaign intended to the people staying at home (and working from home) and sitting down more than we usually.

Poster developed in the framework of WHO’s Be Active campaign carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic. Campaign intended to the people staying at home (and working from home) and sitting down more than we usually.