24 News & Press Releases found
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work News
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Intergenerational cooperation: good for workers, good for business
Employers are increasingly tapping into the benefits that active age management practices such as intergenerational cooperation can bring, not only to bridge the gap between young and older workers but also to increase the overall knowledge within ...
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FR- Report on night work and atypical working times highlights risks to workers
The Frenc Agency ANSES has been commissioned to assess health risks for workers exposed to atypical working schedules, particularly night work. This expert report highlights proven risks such as sleep disorders and metabolic disorders, ...
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France: Work organisation challenged by psychosocial risks
The most recent publication of the SUMER survey focuses on psychosocial and organisational risks, investigated by using the models by Karasek and Siegrist. First results indicate that job strain concerns more women because of their lower job ...
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First findings from the Sixth European Working Conditions Survey released
Gender segregation remains persistent across the European labour market, younger workers experience greater work intensity and job insecurity, older workers report less access to training, female managers are on the increase while physical risks ...
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Calculating the cost of work-related stress and psychosocial risks
This report, already published in English in 2014 under the Healthy Workplaces Manage Stress campaign, summarises the studies focusing on calculating costs of work-related stress and psychosocial risks. Stress affects performance and leads to ...
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OSHwiki article in the spotlight: call for policies to eliminate occupational cancer
A new OSHwiki article approaches the subject of occupational cancer with the premise that such cancers can be tackled because exposure to causing/facilitating factors can be reduced or eliminated. Cancer accounts for 53 % of all ...
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Summary report - Exposure to carcinogens and work-related cancer: A review of assessment methods
Estimates of the recent and future burden of occupational diseases indicate that occupational cancer is still a major problem and will remain so in the future as a result of exposure of workers to carcinogens. That`s why occupational cancer is a ...
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Adequate pensions: new report calls for measures to enable people to work until they reach the pension age
Europe’s pension systems can be expected to deliver adequate pensions also to future generations of retirees provided Member States pursue strong policies to enable as many workers as possible to stay in jobs until they reach the statutory ...
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European Week for Safety and Health at Work: let’s work together to manage stress!
The 2015 European Week for Safety and Health at Work, a highlight of the ‘Healthy Workplaces Manage Stress Campaign’, starts on 19 October. Events will be held across Europe to mark the occasion and put stress and psychosocial risks in ...
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US-Report on breast cancer risk for working women
A review of the scientific literature on women workers and breast cancer, released by the US Breast Cancer Fund, uncovered more than 20 occupations associated with increased risk of breast cancer compared to the risk for the general ...
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Executive summary - Current and emerging occupational safety and health (OSH) issues in the healthcare sector, including home and community care
This report gives an overview of the current and emerging OSH issues for health- and social care workers and how these affect their safety and health at work and influence the quality of care they provide. It combines a literature review and the ...
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OSHwiki article in the spotlight - How to prevent musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in the healthcare sector
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) encompass health problems relating to muscles, tendons, the skeleton, cartilage, ligaments, nerves or the peripheral vascular system. They are the leading cause of work-related health problems in the healthcare ...
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Expert seminar in Ireland about policy making and procedures for drugs and alcohol at work
Working under the influence of alcohol and drugs are acts regulated by Irish Health and Safety legislation and formal procedures by authorities, but it is not always easy to handle such a sensitive issue in a company. Thus, tailored procedures and ...
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OSHwiki article in the spotlight – Popular OSHwiki entry examines safety and health of emergency workers
This month we’d like to bring your attention to an OSHwiki article that focuses on a special section of the workforce, that of emergency workers. These are people working in emergency response situations such as firefighters, police, ...
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OSHwiki goes multilingual: Work-related skin diseases article in the spotlight
This month we highlight the OSHwiki article ‘Work-related skin diseases’ available in both English and Hungarian, and with your help even more languages in the future. Skin diseases are among the top three registered occupational ...
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International SOS Foundation and Prevent: `Return on Prevention: Cost-benefit analysis of prevention measures for business travellers and international assignees”
A new study commissioned by the International SOS Foundation and published by Prevent reveals the benefits of implementing pre-travel health checks and malaria prevention measures for business travellers and international assignees. The ...
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NL - TNO Summary “Overview of Dutch working conditions 2014”
The research organisation TNO brings out “Overview of Dutch working conditions 2014”. The summary, about the findings presented in the Arbobalans 2014, is organised around the following themes: description of the Dutch working ...
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World Cancer Day: New report highlights ways to improve the prevention of work-related cancer
The focus of this year’s World Cancer Day is on detection, treatment and care. EU-OSHA’s report gives recommendations for filling gaps in our present knowledge, a crucial task if we are to improve identification and prevention of ...
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EU-OSHA launches free e-guide on managing stress and psychosocial risks at work
As part of the Healthy Workplaces Manage Stress campaign, the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) today launched its e-guide on managing stress and psychosocial risks. Stress is an important occupational safety and health (OSH) ...
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Addressing workplace safety and health in the healthcare sector will ensure high-quality patient care
The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) publishes a report on current and emerging occupational safety and health (OSH) risks in the healthcare sector. An important feature of the report is its focus on a previously neglected ...