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Psychosocial risk assessment in Germany Implementation, drivers and barriers ()Studies on the prevalence of psychosocial risk assessment in the workplace clearly demonstrate that only a small proportion of companies which carry out risk assessment do it in a comprehensive way including also psychosocial risks. On the basis of these results, recommendations for practical implementation are developed. |
Healthy Workplaces Film Award: Entries are now open ()EU-OSHA is supporting, for the fourth time, the Healthy Workplaces Film Award for the best documentary on work-related topics. The winning film will be selected during the International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film. |
New Healthy Workplaces Campaign: call to action to work together ()EU-OSHA launches its new two-year Healthy Workplaces Campaign on ‘Working together for risk prevention’ which turns the spotlight on the importance of management leadership and worker participation in improving workplace safety and health. EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Mr László Andor, alongside Dr Christa Sedlatschek, Director of EU-OSHA and Mr Bo Smith, Permanent Secretary at the Danish Ministry of Employment launch the campaign officially on 20 April 2012 at a press conference in Brussels. |
SLIC campaign 2012 on psychosocial risks ()The Committee of Senior Labour Inspectors (SLIC) has launched its European Campaign 2012 on psychosocial risks. A SLIC working group, in which EU-OSHA took part, has developed an inspection toolkit available in 22 languages. The Campaign will address especially the health and social care, service, and transport sectors. The results and conclusions will be presented at the Final Conference in Sweden in March 2013. EU-OSHA will draw on the SLIC campaign’s experiences and lessons to prepare its own Healthy Workplaces campaign on psychosocial risks that will take place in 2014-2015. More information about the SLIC campaign is available from: http://www.av.se/SLIC2012/ Visit our section on stress: http://osha.europa.eu/en/topics/stress See also the ESENER survey results on psychosocial risks: http://esener.eu |
EU-OSHA to present recent research on women at work at the XIX OSH World Congress on safety and health at work ()Inequality both inside and outside the workplace can have an effect on the health and safety of women at work. Progress has been made, but there are still gaps within the research, policy and prevention measures: European OSH statistics still do not cover women satisfactorily. Occupational diseases still mainly reflect male jobs and accident recording omits sectors where women work, e.g. education and health care. In Europe, occupational segregation, gender discrimination, family responsibilities, women’s multiple roles and jobs, disparity in pay and poverty all impact on their safety and health at work. The research highlights that major risks factors include the type of work carried out by women, issues faced by younger and older women, the growth of the service sector, violence and harassment, and increasingly diversified working time patterns as major risk factors. New risks and trends in the safety and health of women at work |
EU agencies - the way ahead ()From 31 January to 3 February 2011 the European Agencies host an exhibition at the EU Parliament in Brussels to show their impact on the lives of Europe’s 500 million citizens. The EU Agencies are involved in many and varied activities: improving health, safety and the environment; safeguarding freedom, justice and security; supporting education, business and innovation; and developing transport and satellite infrastructure. Today the agencies play a key role in the implementation of EU policies and are making a valuable contribution to EU 2020 strategic objectives. Learn more about the Agencies of the European Union |
Publication of a vacancy - Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work - AD 14 (COM/2010/10285) ()The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work is seeking to appoint its Director. Applicants must be a citizen of one of the Member States of the European Union. The Director will be appointed by the Administrative Board of the Agency from a list of candidates selected and proposed by the European Commission. Salaries and conditions of employment are those laid down in the Staff Regulations of the European Union for an AD 14. The Agency and the Commission apply a policy of equal opportunities. Job description, eligibility and selection criteria, application form and instructions for sending applications can be downloaded from Internet at the following addresses: Vacancy notice on EU-OSHA’s website Vacancy notice on Europa website available in English, French and German Closing date for applications: 07 December 2010. |
ISSA 8th International Film and Multimedia Festival on safety and health at work ()EU-OSHA supports the International Film and Multimedia Festival at the XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work which will take place from 11-15 September 2011 in Istanbul. All productions about safety and health at work (including films, drama, news, documentary, animation, spots, social media, multimedia, web or computer-based training and virtual reality applications) produced as from January 2007 are eligible for entry into the Festival. The closing date for submissions is 31 January 2011. More information on the ISSA Website |
Healthy workplaces in the spotlight as documentary film award winner revealed ()All That Glitters, a thought-provoking film about a worker in a goldmine in an inhospitable region of Kyrgyzstan, has been announced as the winner of the second Healthy Workplaces Film Award for the best documentary on work-related topics. The award is supported by the European Agency for Safety and Healthy at Work (EU-OSHA) as part of its mission of promoting safer and healthier workplaces in Europe. Read the press release |
Economic incentives pay dividends for workplace safety and health ()EU-OSHA research suggests that economic incentive schemes encouraging companies to invest in risk prevention are a cost-effective option for governments looking to cut the numbers of work-related accidents and illnesses. Find out how economic incentives work in different European countries, and what makes the best ones so effective. |
MAINTAIN 2010 – International Trade Fair for Industrial Maintenance ()Maintain is the leading European trade fair for the industrial maintenance business. The trade fair presents an international range of the key areas inspection, maintenance, industrial service, improvement of machinery, equipment and technical infrastructure. MAINTAIN is the only international trade fair that combines all segments of industrial maintenance. It takes place from 12th to 14 October 2010 in the M, O, C, in Munich. More information on: www.maintain-europe.com/en |
Healthy Workplaces Film Award nominations highlight the need for safer workplaces ()For the second year, EU-OSHA sponsors the Healthy Workplaces Film Award to honour a documentary film that focuses on the individual at work. The film award aims to raise awareness about the risks people face at work and will be presented at the International DOK Leipzig film festival next month. |
Become an official campaign partner ()Pan-European or international organisations/companies willing to get substantially involved in the new Healthy Workplaces Campaign 2010-11 on Safe Maintenance are invited to submit their application to become official partners of the Campaign. The second round of applications is open from 15 September to 15 October 2010. |
Mainstreaming OSH into business management ()How can businesses improve their organisational performance and at the same time create safer and healthier working environments? A new report and factsheet give information on how to incorporate workplace safety and health into general business management, including a literature review, a policy overview and examples of good practice. |
Safe maintenance is good business: 30 pan-European organisations join as Official Campaign Partners ()Companies and associations from the private and public sector, including some of Europe’s well known companies, have joined forces with EU-OSHA in the new Healthy Workplaces Campaign 2010/11 on safe maintenance. Read the press release Check out our new campaign partners |
Maintenance and OSH: a statistical picture ()This new report shows the main hazards, risks, health problems and accidents that maintenance workers in Europe are exposed to and suggests appropriate prevention measures. 10-15% of all fatal workplace accidents are related to maintenance operations. EU-OSHA’s new campaign on Safe Maintenance raises awareness of the importance of proper maintenance work. Read the report (English) Factsheet (22 languages) |
2009 Annual Report: spending on health and safety is an investment not a cost ()EU-OSHA's 2009 Annual Report emphasises the long-term value of workplace health and safety in difficult economic times, and encourages employers to find alternatives to redundancy. Highlights of its work in 2009 include the ESENER survey, the Risk Assessment campaign and the European photo competition. |
79% of European managers are concerned by work-related stress, but less than a third of companies have set procedures to deal with it ()First findings from the ‘European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks’ (ESENER) provide an insight into how European companies are managing health and safety issues in practice – with a particular focus on psychosocial risks. The ESENER survey covered 31 countries and involved 36,000 interviews. Read the Press release Full ESENER report (English) ESENER Summary (available in 22 languages) View the results online with the interactive mapping tool (available in 22 languages) |
Work-related stress - one of the biggest OSH challenges in Europe ()Stress is the second most frequently reported work-related health problem, affecting 22% of workers from the EU 27. Studies suggest that stress is a factor in between 50% and 60% of all lost working days. This represents a huge cost in terms of both human distress and impaired economic performance. Read the new report on work-related stress based on international and national statistics |
Launch of the new Healthy Workplaces Campaign on Safe maintenance ()To mark the World Day for Safety and Health at Work on 28 April, EU-OSHA has launched its new Healthy Workplaces Campaign for 2010/11, promoting safe maintenance across Europe. Commissioner László Andor expressed his full support for the campaign at its launch press conference. |
