Type Case study
Id-Danimarka
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU OSHA
This series of short informative case studies looks at a range of policy level initiatives across Europe and beyond aiming to prevent and manage work-related MSDs. The studies focus on achievements, factors contributing to their success and challenges encountered, and transferability to other...
Type Case study
Il-Ġermanja
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU OSHA
This series of short informative case studies looks at a range of policy level initiatives across Europe and beyond aiming to prevent and manage work-related MSDs. The studies focus on achievements, factors contributing to their success and challenges encountered, and transferability to other...
Type Visual resources
Ir-Renju Unit
LanguageEnglish
ProviderThe Healthy Work Company
This infographic provides tips about how address health and safety issues related to home-based telework.
Type Visual resources
EU
LanguageEnglish
ProviderNapo consortium
These resources are to enable organisations to use Napo films to raise awareness about health and safety topics (including MSDs) within groups of their own staff and supply chains. The resources will enable organisations to deliver advice on health and safety topics, and will help generate...
Type Guides & Tools
Franza
LanguageFrench
ProviderINRS
The pandemic (COVID - 19) has forced many enterprises to ask their workers to work from home. Under these circumstances, teleworkers can be exposed to health and safety risks that need to be addressed.
Type Guides & Tools
Liechtenstein
LanguageEnglish
ProviderAustralia Institute - Centre for Future Work
This article presents several economic and legal issues related to home-based teleworking (including the OSH related ones: safety and ergonomics).
Type Guides & Tools
EU
LanguageBulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Estonian, Greek, English, Spanish, French, Icelandic, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, International, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Finnish, Swedish
ProviderEU OSHA
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.