Health & Safety

A new Code of Practice for Access and Working Scaffolding has been published by the HSA. The aim of this Code of Practice is to provide practical guidance to scaffold erectors, contractors and users of scaffolding on the requirements and prohibitions set out in the relevant statutory provisions. The...

Trade union networks: a response to occupational health in small firms? The results of a project on best practices for organising worker representation for health and safety were presented at a seminar organised in Brussels on 29 November. This seminar allowed trade union activists to describe their...

Cancer is the leading cause of work-related mortalities in the EU and is responsible for 100,000 unnecessary deaths a year. Yet most research and policy on its causes and prevention still assume that it is mainly men who are affected, even though an increasing proportion of the victims are now women...

A book launched today claims that 8% of all cancer cases are work-related: making up 12% of cancer cases among men and 7% of cancer cases among women. The book was published by the ETUI and launched at a conference in Brussels today on women and cancer. Opening the Conference organised by the ETUI...

13/11/2018 To understand how safety is taken into account in driving, riding or cycling for work, European Transport Safety Council conducted a study with workers engaged in gig economy. These workers are currently regarded as self-employed and in most cases carry out the responsibility of health...

Global protests by Google employees including Dublin against sexual harassment in the workplace has highlighted the need for Government action on the issue. General Secretary of Congress Patricia King, who has pressed for amendments to current legislation concerning sexual harassment, said 'such...

Issue date 31 Oct 2018 15.4 million working days lost to work-related stress in 2017/2018 – an increase of nearly 3 million. 239,000 new cases of work-related stress, depression and anxiety reported over the last year. Commenting on figures published by the Health and Safety Executive today...

Construction Safety Week sees industry gear up for nationwide awareness initiatives Monday 22 nd October Today marks the beginning of "Construction Safety Week 2018", an initiative of the Construction Safety Partnership Advisory Committee (CSPAC), whose members include the HSA, CIF, trade unions and...

Employers and unions call on Commission to include reprotoxicants in the Directive on carcinogens and mutagens at work On 16 October the European chemical industry and trade unions agreed that European Union (EU) workers should be better protected from the risks related to exposure to reprotoxic...

On 11 October, the European Parliament and the Council came to an agreement on the Commission's second proposal to broaden the list of recognised cancer-causing chemicals in the workplace. Eight additional substances will be covered by the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive, including diesel engines...