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April 12, 2021

Launch of the multilingual thesaurus on occupational health and safety

On 23 March 2021, the European Union information agency for occupational safety and health (EU-OSHA) launched its multilingual thesaurus on Occupational Health and Safety (OSH). This tool consists of a list of 2 000 OSH related terms grouped together in a hierarchy, including synonyms, antonyms... Find out more

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March 31, 2021

Covid-19 reveals the state of health and safety at work

The Covid-19 pandemic has provided a stress test for occupational safety and health (OSH) in the EU, unfortunately revealing several structural deficiencies in the way the EU OSH regulatory system is implemented in practice. This is the key message of the OSH chapter of ‘Benchmarking Working Europe... Find out more

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March 26, 2021

Covid-19 as occupational disease: the need for European homogenisation

Subscribe to our newsletters → here The Covid-19 pandemic is having strong impacts on workers exposed to the virus in their work environment. According to Eurostat (the European Statistical Office), most Member States recognize Covid-19 as an occupational disease. Nevertheless, the situation remains... Find out more

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March 26, 2021

The European Parliament overwhelming votes on improvements to the Carcinogens Directive

Subscribe to our newsletters → here With over 94% of the vote, MEPs on the European Parliament's Employment Committee approved on 25 March 2021 significant amendments to the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive, which aims to protect workers from the risks of exposure to these dangerous substances at... Find out more

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March 26, 2021

Stop Cancer at Work Campaign calls on the European Commission to work with the Parliament and Council to legislate now to prevent workplace cancer

European Parliament votes to stop cancer at work and include hazardous drugs and reprotoxins in the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive (CMD) Stop Cancer at Work Campaign calls on the European Commission to work with the Parliament and Council to legislate now to prevent workplace cancer The European... Find out more

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March 26, 2021

The duty of care: a new opportunity for the unions

Subscribe to our newsletters → here On 10 March 2021, the European Parliament approved a resolution aimed at forcing European companies to examine those aspects of their supply chains likely to be in breach of human rights or to negatively impact the environment and good governance On a national... Find out more

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March 17, 2021

Occupational hazards in the use and manufacturing of personal protective equipment 

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) embodies the battle against the SARS-CoV-2 infection – but these single-use, disposable items carry more complex occupational safety and health (OSH) issues than first seem. The global shortage of PPE has caused infections and deaths of tens of thousands of... Find out more

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March 02, 2021

Amazon's anti-union ads removed from Twitch

Subscribe to our newsletters → here The live-streaming platform Twitch has removed anti-union ads that its parent company Amazon ran on the platform targeting its workers in Bessemer, Alabama. The ads encouraged workers to vote no on whether to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union... Find out more

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March 01, 2021

The right to cure – a European Citizens’ Initiative

Subscribe to our newsletters → here ‘No Profit On Pandemic’, a new European Citizen’s Initiative (ECI), demands the European Commission to make anti-pandemic vaccines and treatments a global public good, freely accessible to everyone. The ECI is a way to propose concrete legislative action to the... Find out more

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February 24, 2021

Trade union demands on the revision of the Carcinogens Directive at the EU Parliament

Subscribe to our newsletters → here Cancer is the leading cause of work-related deaths, counting for over 100,000 deaths each year in the European Union alone. Workers are being put at risk by being exposed to deadly carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic substances in their place of work. Tony Musu... Find out more

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