This year’s European Week for Safety and Health at Work (19-23 October) will raise awareness about the Healthy Workplaces Campaign 20-22, and the topic ‘Healthy Workplaces Lighten the Load’, by Continue Reading →
While medical workers in many nations have been heralded as heroes in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, many nurses and doctors in Japan have faced discrimination and ostracism despite Continue Reading →
Workers’ compensation boards across Canada have approved thousands of claims from employees who believe they contracted Covid-19 at work, underscoring how the pandemic has become a new workplace hazard for Continue Reading →
The European Commission has proposed a new stand-alone health programme for 2021-2027, to make a significant contribution to the post-Covid-19 recovery by making the EU population healthier, improving the resilience Continue Reading →
Under the tagline, ‘Healthy Workplaces Stop the Pandemic’ an initiative has been launched by EU-OSHA to address the occupational health and safety challenges linked to the current pandemic, offering a Continue Reading →
Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the International Commission of Occupational Health (ICOH), together with the ICOH 2021 National Organising Committee have deferred the Congress, due to be held in Continue Reading →
As the UK continues to battle the coronavirus, the work of firefighters in responding to the Covid-19 pandemic may be extended until late August, following agreement between the Fire Brigades Continue Reading →
NHS healthcare workers, medics and care home workers will now have access to reusable protective gowns, under a new partnership between the government and the UK laundry industry. The idea Continue Reading →
In light of public health guidance regarding COVID-19, the International Organising Committee (IOC) has postponed the XXII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work to 19-22 September 2021. Taking Continue Reading →
In the current context of confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of European workers have had to work from home full-time to cut down the risk of contracting the Continue Reading →