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Violence and harassment against women transport workers by third parties (customers, passengers and the public) have become a severe issue. A European Transport Federation (ETF) survey in 2017 revealed that half of the women in the transport sector...

Long-term residents in care homes are a particularly vulnerable population group. In some European countries, deaths in care homes represent 30-60% of all COVID-19 related deaths. In light of this situation, the European Centre for Disease...

Conducting a thorough and effective risk assessment is the first step in identifying and managing risks that could be safety and health hazards to workers. To assist in this process, EU-OSHA’s free online interactive risk assessment (OiRA) tools can...

The COVID-19 crisis has broken a six-year-long positive trend on the European labour market. About 6.1 million workers lost their jobs in the second quarter of 2020, and those Member States that had already experienced socioeconomic challenges...