When the BRICS Ministers of Labour and Employment met on 9–10 September 2024, they made commitments on occupational safety and health (OSH). The International Social Security Association (ISSA) contributed to the discussions.
The International Social Security Association (ISSA) emphasized the critical importance of prevention and the role of accident insurance institutions in addressing heat stress in the workplace during the recent G20 OSH Network meeting in Fortaleza, Brazil.
On 18 June 2024, the International Social Security Association and the Institute of Global Safety Promotion (IGSAP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the organization of a Safety, Health and Well-being Week at next year’s EXPO 2025 in Osaka, Kansai, Japan.
At the ISSA Good Practice Awards for Europe 2024 held in Porto, Portugal in April, the jury rewarded three good practices of the National Sickness Insurance Fund (Caisse nationale de l'assurance maladie) in France focussed on occupational risk prevention.
Safeguards on machines are important. But what happens when safety devices themselves become a problem? A new DGUV film, addressed to manufacturers of machines and systems, highlights the challenges associated with defeated safeguards.
The latest report of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) highlights the uncertain future facing workers, with advances in technology, climate change and adaptations to ways of working potentially posing risks to people’s health, safety and wellbeing.
From 4 to 6 June, around 945 participants, exhibitors and speakers met at the Forum Prävention 2024 in Innsbruck. The Austria's most important specialist event in the field of prevention, organized annually by AUVA, offered a multifaceted platform for training, exchange and insight into trends in
In connection with the World Day for Safety and Health at Work on 28 April 2024, the International Social Security Association (ISSA) has published an analysis of good practices in prevention, building on ISSA Guidelines and Vision Zero.
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