Seasonal workers in the EU: know your rights
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Digitalisation has been clearly identified an emerging occupational safety and health (OSH) issue by the 2019 European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER). But despite the increasing use of robots, laptops, smartphones or wearable devices, less than one in four workplaces (24 %) are having discussions about the potential impact of such technologies on the...
COVID-19 symptoms lasting more than four weeks after the infection is gone are generally called Long Covid. This condition can affect nearly every organ system with very different effects including respiratory, neurocognitive, metabolic, cardiovascular, and...
Long COVID can have a significantly negative impact on workers and workplaces. Difficulty in breathing, fatigue, headaches and problems with memory and concentration are all symptoms which can last for weeks or even months. Employers face challenges when key workers have difficulty to fully return to their jobs due to Long COVID symptoms, and possible changes to work...
The Member States, workers, and employers in the EU Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work (ACSH) have reached an agreement on the need to recognise COVID-19 as an occupational disease in those job sectors where there is an outbreak in activities with...
The COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented changes to our society, affecting how we live, work, and interact. To respond quickly to the health, social and economic emergencies and protect its citizens and businesses, the European Union relied on its...
The Nordic Future of Work and OSH group organised a special session on 'Occupational Safety and Health Challenges in the Post-Pandemic Future of Work' during the International Congress on Occupational Health (ICOH) 2022.The Nordic Future of Work and OSH Group...
The seminar ‘The Future is here: an occupational safety and health perspective’, focuses on many of today’s pressing occupational safety and health (OSH) challenges and offers an outlook on what will continue to be relevant in the future. EU-OSHA Interim Executive Director, William Cockburn, gives an overview on emerging risks and other colleagues address the continuing...
Each 10 October marks World Mental Health Day to raise global awareness and to mobilise efforts in support of mental health. Under this year’s theme ‘Mental Health in an Unequal World’, set by the World Federation for Mental Health, the focus is on the issues that perpetuate mental health inequalities and to support civil societies to play an active role in tackling them...
Promoting fair and safe working conditions for seasonal workers in the EU is the aim of the Rights for all seasons campaign of the European Labour Authority. EU-OSHA joins the week of action from 20 to 24 September with the publication of an information flyer and infographic to inform seasonal workers about their rights to safe and healthy working conditions. The campaign runs...