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28/04/2022
Practical tips and advice to create a company-wide telework policy |
Employers have a duty to ensure that their staff have a safe and healthy working environment, whether that is in the office or at home, respecting certain legal obligations . Because teleworkers may face high risks of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), employers should create a company-wide teleworking policy to protect them. |
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In the middle of March, the EU-Members States and Norway started inspections on risks of Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs), a campaign run by SLIC working group EMEX. There will be about two thousand five hundred inspections done all over Europe this spring and summer, supervising OSH-procedures in hairdressers, healthcare and social care, food and drinks industry, transportation & courier activities, and in the construction sector. |
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11/04/2022
Winners of 15th Healthy Workplaces Good Practice Awards announced |
EU-OSHA recognises leading examples of preventing musculoskeletal disorders at work. The winners comprise eight companies and organisations across Europe in sectors ranging from healthcare to metalwork. Employers and workers collaborated to implement sustainable and transferable occupational safety and health management approaches that improve musculoskeletal health, such as wearable exoskeletons or innovative... |
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07/04/2022
New ways, places and times of work – what are the health risks for workers? |
The digitalisation of the economy has already significantly changed the nature and organisation of work across Europe. As well as being responsible for more people working in locations other than the office and outside the traditional 9-5 model, it has also led to new forms of employment such as online outsourcing and short-term assignments through online platforms (often referred to as the gig economy). |
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24/03/2022
Best practice case studies: how to protect teleworkers’ musculoskeletal health |
Over the past few years, many companies have implemented risk prevention measures for teleworkers. Approaches vary across Europe, with some countries relying primarily on legislation and others on collective bargaining to regulate teleworking and promote work-life balance. Here, we look at the approaches taken by a variety of companies and sectors and how they were agreed upon. |
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10/03/2022
Teleworking positives and negatives: Employers and employees share their stories |
It is important to hear the voices of individuals who have been teleworking as part of their daily working lives. A set of interviews has been carried out with employers and employees in Spain, France and Italy to explore their experiences of telework and its impact on their health and well-being in the context of the COVID-19 crisis. |
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