This leaflet offers recommendation on the healthy way to telework.

This checklist includes questions on working postures of the back and neck, arms and hands, legs during sitting and standing tasks. It also gives examples of the type of action at a technical, organisational and individual level that can be put in place to prevent or reduce the risks caused by...

This E-Fact explains why HORECA workers are at risk of developing MSDs. Their jobs, for example, often involve prolonged standing and working in awkward postures. Much of their work is physically demanding, stressful and involves long working hours. Employers need to adapt prevention and...

This brochure is intended to raise awareness on safety and health at work with visual display equipment. It provides office workers guidance on setting up the work environment in a correct manner.

This factsheet provides information about the adoption of correct ergonomic postures at the workplace

This checklist is intended to help companies in the analysis and evaluations of the postures adopted during computer work in an office environment

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the most common workrelated problem in Europe. Almost 24 % of the EU-25 workers report suffering from backache and 22 % complain about muscular pains. Both conditions are more prevalent in the new Member States, 39 % and 36 % respectively.