Three treaties on occupational health and safety were signed last month. These three ILO-treaties are 139 – breast cancer, 148 – working environment and 170 – chemical solutions.   fltr: Annie van Wezel (FNV), Ton Schoenmaeckers (VNO-NCW), Georges Politakis (ILO), Roel Gans (ministerie SZW), Catelene Passchier (FNV), Hester Houwing (CNV) Standard norms for the protection…

In their joint effort to reduce exposure to carcinogens at European workplaces, on 10 October, the EU Council-presidencies of 2016 (Netherlands) and 2018 (Austria), the European Commission, the European Agency for Safety and Health at work and the European social partners, ETUC and Business Europe proudly launched the website www.roadmaponcarcinogens.eu. The website acts as an…

In this document ‘ Dutch vision and strategy for occupational safety and health’ the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment explains the policy on safety and health in the workplace. The vision, goals and strategic actions that contribute to these goals are discussed in this document.

Every year, more than one hundred thousand people die in Europe as a result of working with carcinogens. For the Netherlands, this was reason enough to make the subject one of the priorities during its Presidency of the European Council. At the start of a three-day European conference in Amsterdam on work-related cancer, minister Lodewijk…