May 18, 2022 | IR Doc, Legislation
Covid-19 to be recognised as an occupational disease On 18 May 2022, Member States and social partners sitting on the EU Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work (ACSH) reached an agreement on the need to recognise Covid-19 as an occupational disease in the...
Apr 28, 2022 | European company (SE), IR Doc, Studies and reports
On 28 April 2022, which was World Day for Safety and Health at Work, the ILO published a report entitled “Enhancing social dialogue towards a culture of safety and health: What have we learned from the COVID-19 crisis?”, showing how social dialogue contributed to the...
Jun 3, 2020 | Legislation
The revision of the biological agents directive to include Covid-19 within this directive is proving a highly controversial issue. The disagreement lies in deciding whether it should be included in group 3: agents that can cause severe human disease; present a serious...
May 7, 2020 | Social relations
In a paper, the international department of the German trade union confederation DGB argues in favour of a European public health policy. It’s time to end the privatisation of healthcare systems which, after falling victim to budget cuts, have been unable to cope with...
