ETUI Education will soon launch 9 online courses running from October to December 2021. With a total of 1.000 virtual seats available, the training offer will include already tested courses as well as new ones. It will be possible for the participants to improve their English knowledge with two... Find out more

Findings from a meta-review of the associations between psychosocial work factors and health outcomes show that imminent attention should be paid to these factors to improve the health of working populations. The meta-review provided convincing findings for the associations between some psychosocial... Find out more

The International Standardization Organization recently published a new standard on psychological health and safety in the workplace. ISO 45003 provides guidelines for managing psychosocial risk and allow organizations to audit their practices against them. Psychosocial risks cover all the aspects... Find out more

In recent days, trade unionists in Kragujevac have complained to the media about the formation of a branch of the Association of Trade Unions of Serbia in the same city, which is supported by the government. According to Ranka Savić, president of the Association of Free and Independent Trade Unions... Find out more

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) Seafarers’ Trust has launched a new safety app ‘OSH Ports’ that helps teach workers how to identify and reduce hazards in ports. After completing a short course and passing an assessment, dockers receive an official completion certificate... Find out more

The centrality of market mechanisms to the European Commission’s climate package poses big questions as to its effectiveness and distributional impact. The climate policy package ‘Fit for 55’ launched by the European Commission on July 14th is ambitious and seems to put the European Union on track... Find out more

Subscribe to our newsletters → here International Energy Agency (IEA) calls for end of fossil-fuel era In a landmark report published on 18 May, the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) presented a comprehensive overview of how to the world can make the transition to a net-zero energy... Find out more

Subscribe to our newsletters → here A key demand of the ETUC is that companies should provide complete and accurate reports on their impacts on the environment and society. In the EU, corporate reporting requirements on environmental and social issues are currently defined by the 2014 Non-financial... Find out more

The ETUI, in co-operation with the European Climate Foundation, held a conference on ‘The nexus of climate change and welfare: towards a new concept of the welfare state’ on 17 June 2021. The aim of the conference was to create linkages between the climate change and welfare state discourses, and to... Find out more

Subscribe to our newsletters → here The European Union announced a new emissions target that seeks to reduce its net emissions by 55 percent by 2030 from the 1990 levels. As part of the EU’s initiatives to be announced on the 14th of July 2021 - known as the `Fit for 55` package - to reach this... Find out more