An investigation carried out by the British NGO FairSquare highlights the deplorable working conditions of workers involved in renovating the COP28 buildings in Dubai. The investigation shows that migrant laborers worked in 42°C and sweltering sunshine in early September to renovate the Expo City... Find out more

On 14-15 September 2023, the Health and Safety and Working Conditions Unit of the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) held its Annual Strategic meeting for the Workers’ Interest Group of the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work (ACSH WIG). The two-day panel gathered Occupational Safety... Find out more

The Belgian Federal Public Service (SPF) for Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue has developed a questionnaire-based method enabling employers to carry out an analysis of psychosocial risks independently. A prevention policy follows a set pattern, starting with an inventory and analysis of the... Find out more

A research project financed by the ETUI has been able, for the first time, to estimate in Europe (35 countries analyzed), the number of cases of, and deaths from, depression and cardiovascular disease that can be directly attributed to psychosocial work exposure. This new research confirms that... Find out more

Please see here for a report of the event. The 9th edition of the European Trade Union Institute’s (ETUI) network meeting on psychosocial risks (PSR) at work was held on 31st May – 1st June 2023 in Leuven, Belgium. This face-to-face meeting brought together a multi-professional audience whose areas... Find out more

On 7 June 2023, the European Commission unveiled its strategy to deal with rising mental health problems in the EU – including those caused by work. First announced during President von der Leyen’s State of the Union address in September 2022 , the initiative followed mental health being identified... Find out more

The 19th ETUI annual seminar on workers’ protection and chemicals was held in Brussels on 27-28 June 2023. It brought together some thirty trade unionists from 15 European countries to coordinate trade union action on the prevention of chemical risks at work. The participants discussed the state of... Find out more

The update of the European Job Quality Index (JQI) reveals some worrying developments, with several well-performing countries noting a drop to the bottom of the country ranking such as, for instance, Greece, Spain and France in terms of working conditions. As recent debates in France have shown... Find out more

On the occasion of World Day for Safety and Health at Work, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is calling on the Commission to adopt binding legislation to prevent psychosocial risks at work. Over the past twenty years, we have witnessed an increase in psychosocial risks in the... Find out more

On 28 September 2022, the European Commission published a proposal to revise the Asbestos Directive, lowering the occupational exposure limit value (OELV) from 100,000 to 10,000 fibres/m³. Tony Musu, the ETUI expert following the asbestos dossier, found the proposal disappointing : "The proposed... Find out more