This web section provides guidance to employers of workers who work remotely and advice to workers to maintain “mental health”.

This article, written in the context of Covid-19, includes an info graphic providing tips for home working in imperfect circumstances. It also includes links to other resources, including the WHO EURO guide on how to stay physically active during self-quarantine, a webinar on home worker wellbeing...

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...

The UK legislative framework addressing MSDs has been in place for nearly 40 years, and the policy approach is to inform and enable employers, encouraging them to address risks. The strategy under discussion is the latest in a series of initiatives stretching back 20 years. MSDs are addressed under...

Liberty Mutual has updated the manual material handling tables originally published by Snook in 1978, and by Snook and Ciriello in 1991. The new “Liberty Mutual Manual Materials Handling Tables” provide both the male and female population percentages capable of performing manual material handling...

The Manual Handling Assessment Charts (MAC) is a tool aimed at employers, health and safety managers and safety representatives and is used by health and safety inspectors. The tool will help you assess the most common risk factors in lifting (and lowering), carrying and team handling operations and...

Managing Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis JIA in School is a guide for everyone who works in an educational setting with children 10 years old and above and for parents/carers who have education-related questions.