Publication tagged with "Legislation + OSH professionals + Oshwiki"
Providing economically sustainable and high-quality healthcare services through the maintenance of a healthy and resilient workforce is a key priority for countries everywhere. This is challenging as the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed new vulnerabilities of...
Safe Work Australia , the Australian occupational health and safety (OSH) policy body, launched a new interactive data website to explore work health and safety and workers’ compensation data collected by Safe Work Australia on work-related fatalities...
The Nordic Institute for Advanced Training in Occupational Health (NIVA) is launching 3 new training courses for researchers, practitioners, and specialists in the field of occupational health and safety (OSH): Psychosocial Work Characteristics Now and in the...
The International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) is calling for the submission of abstracts before the 31st of July for the 34th International Congress on Occupational Health (ICOH 2024) that will start on 28 April 2024 in Marrakech (Morocco). Under...
OSHwiki brings attention to a critical occupational health and safety topic with its latest featured article: Heat at Work: Guidance for Workplaces . As temperatures rise, the risk of heat-related illnesses becomes a pressing concern. The article provides...
Regular risk assessments are essential for maintaining a safe and healthy workplace. On 14 June, members of the national occupational safety and health (OSH) network in Slovakia , sector professionals and authorised safety technicians gather for a session...
The 23rd International ORP (Occupational Risk Prevention) Congress takes place in Bilbao on 26 – 28 April. With the motto, “At work: one life, one planet” speakers from all around the world debate on how work, people and the environment are intertwined. The...
Assessing the most effective strategies for Labour Inspector activities to ensure occupational safety and health (OSH) is subject to much debate and centres on two key areas of research. The first involves how Inspectorates should best deploy their limited...
The Nordic Institute for Advanced Training in Occupational Health (NIVA) is launching a training course for researchers, practitioners and specialists in the field of occupational health and safety (OSH): Physical Exercise at the Workplace – from research to...
The Nordic Institute for Advanced Training in Occupational Health (NIVA) is launching two new training courses for researchers, practitioners and specialists in the field of occupational health and safety (OSH): 1. Digitalization, Automation, AI and the Future...
The heavy metals lead, arsenic, manganese and mercury are considered as the most neurotoxic agents. Exposure to plant protection products and biocides can impact plethora of severe neurological diseases. This new OSHwiki article provides a general overview of...
Occupational safety and health (OSH) professionals and their practices have had to change with the times to remain relevant. A new discussion paper examines the role of prevention services in supporting compliance with OSH standards in the European Union. It identifies gaps in knowledge and key issues for professional practice in OSH, along with the challenges for policy and...
OSHwiki , our collaborative online encyclopaedia of information on occupational safety and health (OSH), has been revamped for a more user-friendly experience. With a new look and feel and improved navigation, it is now even easier to find the information you need: explore by theme or search by keyword. You’ll find relevant and reliable content on a wide range of OSH topics...
OSH professionals need a multidisciplinary background to successfully operate in the broad field of Occupational Safety and Health. The Training Centre of the International Labour Organization (ITCILO) offers a wide range of online and face-to-face courses on...
Labour inspectorates through systems of sanctions and standardised measures are meant to support compliance with occupational safety and health requirements in the European Union. These systems involve on-site inspections by labour inspectors for monitoring and enforcing national laws as well as strategies related to preventing accidents and ill health in the workplace...
Remote work has been primarily enabled by advances in digital development that narrowed down distance allowing workers to communicate and perform tasks from nearly anywhere. The introduction of elements of mobility and flexibility, of working wherever and...