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The Leadership Kit and the HR Toolbox provide quick and easy support for managers and human resources officers in their everyday work. The offers were developed especially for small and medium-sized companies for independent use.

This brochure presents the consequences of legislation on the handling of hazardous substances with the focus on health protection in the workplace.

Starting from the European legal framework for the handling of hazardous substances at the workplace, the respective national legal implementations in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain will be shown. The most important laws, regulations, and rules will be briefly outlined.

Annual health and safety conference and tradeshow for manufacturers and food processors.

Learn from the industry experts and business leaders who are sharping the future of workplace health and safety. In focus: The emerging risks and opportunities shaping the way we work.

In Austria, the employee protection law provides the occupational health and safety care for all employees regardless of the size of the company. For workplaces with up to 50 employees, the Austrian Workers´ Compensation Board (AUVA) offers the preventive service called "AUVAsicher" free of charge. In 2017, more than 280 preventative specialists (occupational physicians and safety specialists) travelled throughout Austria to work with companies to develop measures to improve safety and health.

The pyrotechnic sector – including manufacturing, storage and selling of fireworks – is particularly risky and affected by frequent accidents and injuries (usually fatal). Inail, in collaboration with the Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Defense, has drawn up the following booklet, whose aim is helping pyrotechnical enterprises – mostly small-sized and artisan ones – to manage occupational safety and health (OSH).

The Legislative Decree n° 81/2008 classifies microclimate as a physical agent, for which risk assessment is mandatory. The term “microclimate” stands for a set of four parameters (air temperature, average radiant temperature, air speed and relative humidity), characterizing an environment from a thermal point of view. This Factsheet shows how to assess the risks related to microclimate in moderate work environments and in hot or cold severe ones.

In the framework of the programme “Support of reforms in the education sector in Pakistan”, the Chairman of the Management Board of BG ETEM, Mr. Olaf Petermann, the Technical Supervisory Official and manager of one BG Education and Training Centre, Mr. Klaus Schneider and the Technical Supervisory Official, Mr. Florian Kraugmann, spent, at the beginning of September, as short-term experts six days in Lahore, Pakistan. The aim was to give the training staff from a local training centre support so that they are able to develop the recommended training.