Publication tagged with "COVID-19"
Biological risks are a major global problem in the workplace and the COVID-19 pandemic has only highlighted the need for a more comprehensive understanding of the biological risks at work. In 2022, over 550,000 deaths were caused by biological risk factors...
EU-OSHA's Belgian focal point, SPF Emploi, Travail et Concertation Sociale – FOD Werkgelegenheid, Arbeid en Sociaal Overleg , is commemorating a decade of successful implementation of Online interactive Risk Assessment (OiRA) tools in the country with a...
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...
Did you know that there are over 20 Online interactive Risk Assessment (OiRA) tools available in Lithuania , covering a wide range of sectors such as construction, cleaning services, manufacturing or motor vehicles, among others? An event taking place on 3...
Time pressure, prolonged sitting, loud noise and dealing with difficult pupils and parents – workers in education are daily exposed to a range of significant musculoskeletal and psychosocial risk factors, an ESENER study reveals. The need for a stronger occupational safety and health (OSH) management response in the sector brings together on 26 April EU-OSHA experts, European...
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has recently published Working Time and Work-Life Balance Around the World , report that looks at the two main aspects of working time: working hours and working time arrangements and the effects of both on business...
The ‘European Market Environment in the Construction Sector - Enhancing the free movement of posted workers in the EU’ (EMEcs) project, co-funded by the European Commission, aims to understand how the measures introduced by Member States to combat the COVID-19...
The European Commission has adopted an updated Recommendation on occupational diseases following a tripartite agreement reached in May 2022 by Member States, workers and employers in the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work (ACSH) on the need to...