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Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: Prevention Report A European Campaign on Musculoskeletal Disorders - EN4 Cat. No: TE-81-07-132-EN-C ISBN: 9789291911622 Author: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work Pagination: 106 pages. Published:2008 Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the most common work-related problem in Europe - 25 % of the EU-27 workers report suffering from backache and 23 % complain about muscular pains. First, there are preventive steps that have to be taken. But for workers who already have MSDs, the challenge is to maintain their employability, keep them working and, if necessary, reintegrate them into the workplace. The aim of this report is to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions at the workplace and to provide practical examples with respect to successful prevention of MSDs. It focuses mainly on the developments that have taken place since the previous European MSDs Campaign in 2000. We also sell Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: Back To Work Report Price:£23.00

Genomics & Biotechnology for Health - Alternative Testing Strategies Replacing, reducing and refining use of animals in research Cat. No: KI-NA-22846-EN-C ISBN: 9789279056895 Pagination: 95 pages. Published:2008 Replace the need for animal experiments, reduce the number of animals required and refine techniques are the three concepts underlying the development of alternative testing strategies used in pharmaceutical discovery and development, and in safety assessment of chemicals. Research into alternative testing strategies formed part of the EU’s Sixth Framework Programme (2002-2006) and the purpose of this catalogue is to demonstrate the activities initiated over the duration of the programme and the initial results generated. A particular focus of the work is the development of in vitro methods and on methods which can be validated to international standards, achieve approval of regulatory authorities and be adopted by industry. Price:£14.50

European guidelines for quality assurance in cervical cancer screening - 2nd Edition Cat. No: ND-70-07-117-EN-C ISBN: 9789279076985 Pagination: 291 pages. Dimensions: 21 × 29.7 cm Published:2008 The completion of the second edition of the European Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Cervical Cancer screening is testimony to the unique role the European Union can play in assuring the efficient delivery of safe and effective services to maintain and improve the health of Europe’s citizens. Experts from most of the EU member states have collaborated to prepare the updated recommendations and standards for designing, implementing, and monitoring the performance of cervical cancer screening programmes including first guidelines for diagnosis and management of screen detected cervical lesions. Price:£18.00

Consumers in Europe Catalogue number: KS-DY-07-001-EN-C ISBN: 9789279045967 Pagination: 182 Dimensions: 21 x 29.7cm This publication brings together the most relevant and useful information for the evaluation and development of consumer policy. The material includes data from various sources including EUROSTAT, other Commission services as well as other surveys and studies. This edition focuses on services of general interest. Although the prime objective of this publication is to help policy-makers at the European level to better understand the needs of consumers in general, the publication should also be of use to other stakeholders interested in consumer affairs, such as consumer organisations, other public authorities and even suppliers of goods and services. This is the third edition of a series of publications. Data covers the period 1999-2006. Price:£20.00

Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: Back To Work Report Cat No. TE-78-07-300-EN-C ISBN-13:9789291911608 Pagination:100 pages Published:30 Oct 2007 Author: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work Publisher: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities Musculoskeletal disorders are the most common work-related health problem in Europe, affecting millions of workers. MSDs are caused mainly by manual handling, heavy physical work, awkward and static postures, repetition of movements and vibration. Many problems can be prevented or greatly reduced through employers complying with existing health and safety law and following good practice. However there are specific actions that have to be taken if MSDs are to be tackled effectively. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) have a huge impact, in human, medical and financial terms, on working life in Europe. Efforts are being made on many fronts to reduce this impact. 'Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: Back To Work Report' evaluates the effectiveness of some of the workplace interventions aimed at reducing symptoms and improving return to work. This evaluation is based on a thorough review of the literature on the rehabilitation, reintegration, and retention - 'the Three Rs' - of workers suffering from work-related MSDs. The second part of the report contains an overview of policy in Europe as a whole, and in selected Member States, concerning the 'Three Rs'. This enables the reader to learn about the situation in the Member States and points out strengths and weaknesses in individual countries' policies on getting MSD sufferers back to work. Key Features: Includes Europe-wide discussion of Musculoskeletal Disorders Aims to help policy makers compare and contrast policy from across Europe Enables policy makers, and clinicians to develop a cohesive back to work policy, informed by international experience. Price:£18.00

European guidelines for quality assurance in breast cancer and diagnose Fourth edition Cat. No: ND-73-06-954-EN-C ISBN: 9279012584 Pagination: 416 pages. Dimensions: 21 × 29.7 cm Published:2006 These guidelines aim to raise quality standards by bringing together at EU level the best examples from regional and national breast cancer screening programmes over the last 20 years. They are a manual for health professionals and advocates everywhere, describing best practice evolving from regional and national breast cancer screening programmes based on mammography. Price:£18.00

Noise in figures Cat. No: TE-69-05-723-EN-C ISBN: 929191150X Pagination: 116 pages Dimensions: 21 × 29.7 cm Published:2005 A growing proportion of workers are employed in the service sector. This is why this report not only includes information for the traditionally well-known noise-exposed sectors such as construction, manufacturing or agriculture, but also for more female dominated service-oriented professions, such as education or call centres. Price:£10.00

Promoting health and safety in European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) —\nSME funding scheme 2003–2004 Cat. No: TE-AG-05-001-EN-C ISBN: 9291911410 Pagination: 94 pages. Dimensions: 21 × 29.7 cm Published:2005 ISSN 1725-8065 Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are widely acknowledged as the backbone of the European economy, employing nearly two thirds of the EU’s private-sector workforce and creating one in every two new jobs. Sadly, their occupational safety record does not compare well with larger enterprises. The fatal accident rate in firms with fewer than 50 workers is around double that of larger companies. Because cash flows in SMEs tend to be tight and they find it harder than larger companies to release staff, occupational safety and health is often a low priority. This is despite the evidence that safe, healthy and agreeable working conditions not only save days lost through sickness and injury, but increase productivity. The 2003–04 scheme provided co-funding for initiatives that encouraged SMEs to adopt good occupational safety and health practice. Grants for projects were aimed at SMEs’ specific needs in one of three categories: — training related to the prevention of accidents and the avoidance of health risks; — information and communications that promote health and safety; — identifying effective good practices that reduce dangers to health and safety. Price:£10.00

Consumers in Europe — Facts and figures —Data 1999–2004 Cat. No: KS-DY-04-001-EN-C ISBN: 9289487909 Pagination: 309 pages. Dimensions: 21 × 29.7 cm Published:2005 This publication brings together the most relevant and useful information for the evaluation and development of consumer policy. The material includes data from various sources including Eurostat, other Commission services, and other surveys and studies. Although the prime objective of this publication is to help policymakers at the European level to better understand the needs of consumers in general, the publication should also be of use to other stakeholders interested in consumer affairs, such as consumer organisations, other public authorities and even suppliers of goods and services. This is the second edition of a series of publications. Data cover the period 1999–2004. Price:£21.00

Practical handbook on developing local unemployment strategies in the new Member States\nand candidate countries of the European Union Cat. No: KE-71-05-085-EN-S ISBN: 9279003925 Pagination: 48 pages. Dimensions: 21 × 29.7 cm Published:2005 In November 2001 the European Commission adopted a communication COM(2001) 629 on the local dimension of the European employment strategy (EES), suggesting ways to help local actors play their full part in the EES, in cooperation with national authorities and Community institutions. A particular focus for the Commission has been to play a supportive role, and in line with that strategy the Commission has now published a series of handbooks for local actors. They provide a practical tool indicating the best approaches for designing, developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating successful local employment development strategies and activities. The key principles are presented, documented with examples and a list of useful contacts. Price:£10.00

Reducing the risks from occupational noise Cat. No: TE-68-05-535-EN-C ISBN: 9291911674 Pagination: 85 pages. Dimensions: 21 × 29.7 cm Published:2005 Every day, millions of employees in Europe are exposed to noise at work and all the risks this can entail. While noise is most obviously a problem in industries such as metal manufacturing and construction, it can also be an issue in a wide range of other workplaces, from airports to farms, call centres to concert halls. The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work has looked at how the European directive structure and the standards that complement it work to ensure that risks to workers from noise are addressed to reduce the high personal, social and economic cost of ill health, stress and accidents arising from exposure to noise. Price:£10.00

Quality of the working environment and productivity Cat. No: TE-59-04-128-EN-C ISBN: 9291910740 Pagination: 86 pages. Dimensions: 21 × 29.7 cm Published:2004 This working paper demonstrates that health and safety measures have a positive impact not only on safety and health performance but also on company productivity. However, identifying and quantifying these effects is not always straightforward. In addition, although experience shows that in many cases proof of profitability can be given, it might be rather difficult in a certain number of cases to develop solid evidence. This might be the case when some of the important consequences of health and safety risks can be externalised (e.g. hazards with long-term effects), thus putting a strain on society and not immediately on the company. Safety and health of workers is a moral responsibility within our society that cannot only depend on productivity criteria within a particular company. This responsibility fits into the broader concept of the performance of a company. The final evaluation concerns not only the short term, but is more an issue of the long term. Price:£10.00

Career guidance — A handbook for policy makers Cat. No: NC-62-04-882-EN-C ISBN: 9289482656 Pagination: 76 pages. Dimensions: 20.5 × 27 cm Published:2005 Despite many examples of good practice, large weaknesses exist in many countries’ national career guidance services, according to extensive research conducted by the OECD, and by the Centre for the Development of Vocational Training and the European Training Foundation, on behalf of the European Commission. Access is limited, particularly for adults. In addition, services often focus upon immediate decisions, and fail to develop career management skills. Training for those who provide services is frequently inappropriate, failing to reflect the full range of client needs or to take account of modern, more flexible delivery methods such as ICT. Services are poorly coordinated between different ministries, and between governments and other stakeholders. The evidence base is too weak to provide policy makers with useful data on outcomes, costs and benefits. These gaps stand in the way of governments’ attempts to implement lifelong learning, active employability and social equity policies. This joint publication by the OECD and the European Commission (staff working paper) gives policy makers practical tools to tackle these problems. In simple, non-technical language, the publication addresses a broad range of policy issues that are central to the effective delivery of career guidance services. These include: how to widen access to career guidance; ways of improving the quality of career information; ensuring that staff qualifications meet policy objectives; and improving strategic leadership. This publication is essential reading for all policy makers, especially those in education and labour, who are responsible for planning, managing and delivering career guidance services. Price:£17.00

Corporate social responsibility and safety and health at work Cat. No: TE-59-04-120-EN-C ISBN: 9291910724 Pagination: 125 pages. Dimensions: 16.2 × 22.9 cm Published:2004 Corporate social responsibility (CSR) was defined by the European Commission as a concept whereby companies integrate social and environmental concerns in their business operations and in their interaction with their stakeholders on a voluntary basis. To be socially responsible means going beyond fulfilling the legal expectations, by also investing ‘more’ into human capital, the environment and relations with stakeholders. There can be no doubt that safe and sound working conditions and good worker health belong to the social responsibilities of companies and can be regarded as an integral part of CSR. A distinction is often made between three aspects of the social dimension of corporate social responsibility, as follows. — Internal aspects — human resource management, health and safety at work (OSH), business ethics, adaptation to change, and organisational learning — require participation of workers or their representatives. — External local aspects — local corporate citizenship — require cooperation with business partners, local authorities and local NGOs. — External worldwide aspects — human rights, global environmental concerns, safety and health in supply companies, corporate citizenship worldwide — require communication with consumers, investors, globally operating NGOs, etc. This report explores the interactions between CSR and safety and health at work both at company and policy level. Price:£11.00

Achieving better safety and health in construction Cat. No: TE-59-04-136-EN-C ISBN: 9291910732 Pagination: 144 pages. Dimensions: 16.2 × 22.9 cm Published:2004 This report is aimed at all those who have influence on safety and health in construction. The 16 cases described in this report consider a range of issues that influence standards of safety and health. These include design and planning decisions, effective partnering, training issues, construction site management, risk assessment and monitoring, cooperation with workers, action by enforcing authorities, and measures to address specific hazards. Price:£18.00

Older people in working life — Presentation of relevant actions by local and regional authorities Cat. No: QG-57-04-823-EN-C ISBN: 928950269X Pagination:456 pages Dimensions: 16 × 23 cm Published:2004 The purpose of the study is to present and examine relevant cases of good practice in each of the Member States in order to improve the prospects for older workers to remain in their job. Based on precise actions and taking into account regional differences, this research illustrates the role of European regions and/or cities in this specific policy field and the best practice of local/regional employment policies, in the public and private sectors, for older workers. It highlights how local and regional authorities, together with other actors, have developed and implemented practical initiatives to improve the position of older people in working life. Price:£11.00

Learning for employment — Second report on vocational education and training policy in Europe Cat. No: TI-57-03-540-EN-C ISBN: 9289602813 Pagination: 216 pages. Dimensions: 21 × 29.7 cm Published:2004 By 2010, Europeans will live in the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion. This is the EU’s strategic goal, agreed at Lisbon in March 2000. However, in 2001, almost 40 % of the population aged 25 to 64 in the EU — over 75 million people, more than the population of France, Italy or the UK — did not have qualifications above compulsory schooling. Achieving the goal is a real possibility, but doing so requires giving greater urgency to the reforms of education and training under way in Member States. This is the central message of this report, which looks at over 40 years of vocational education and training policy development, including the role of the social dialogue and the progress of Member States in achieving the education and training benchmarks agreed at Lisbon. Price:£23.00

Mainstreaming occupational safety and health into education — Good practice in school and vocational education Cat. No: TE-59-04-104-EN-C ISBN: 9291910163 Pagination: 149 pages. Dimensions: 16.2 × 22.9 cm Published:2004 The report Mainstreaming occupational safety and health into education — Good practice in school and vocational education gives a comprehensive overview of good practice examples throughout Europe and outlines steps towards a systematic strategy to integrate occupational safety and health into education at European level. The report is aimed at practitioners and intermediaries within the educational system, and policymakers and social partners both at Member State and EU levels. It consists of three main parts: a description of good practice; an analysis of the key elements of a successful mainstreaming process illustrated within a model; and a road map for the future development of a coherent strategy to mainstream occupational safety and health into education at European level. Price:£11.00

Learning through work experience for the knowledge economy: issues for educational\nresearch and policy Cat. No: TI-57-03-467-EN-C ISBN: 9289602686 Pagination: 136 pages. Dimensions: 17.6 × 25 cm Published:2004 ISSN 1608-7089 The publication identifies the achievements and limitations of successive European policy reforms and addresses future challenges in relation to work experience. It describes a new analytical tool — a typology for conceptualising different models of work experience in terms of learning, rather than the traditional approach of treating work experience as a social institution. The new typology of learning through work experience places the questions of what is learnt, how it is learnt and how it is used at the centre of research and policy discourse in vocational and general education and also by extension in the wider domain of lifelong learning. Price:£19.00

Gender issues in safety and health at work Cat. No: TE-51-03-786-EN-C ISBN: 9291910457 Pagination: 222 pages. Dimensions: 16.2 × 22.9 cm Published:2003 The Agency for Safety and Health at Work has produced a report examining gender differences in workplace injury and illness, gaps in knowledge and the implications for improving risk prevention. The aim of this report is not only to give an overview of gender differences in safety and health at work and how they arise, but also to provide information about what this means for prevention and how a gender-sensitive approach can be taken in occupational safety and health. Price:£19.00

Early identification of skill needs in Europe Cat. No: TI-49-02-353-EN-C ISBN: 9289602023 Pagination: VI 334 pages. Dimensions: 17.5 × 25 cm Published:2003 ISSN 1608-7089 In March 2000, at the Lisbon European Council, the European Union committed itself to making Europe the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic growth, better jobs and greater social cohesion and outlined the initial targets by launching the eEurope initiative. The eEurope plans place great weight on education and training. A highly skilled workforce is needed to achieve this commitment. This report offers an overview of European policies, initiatives, strategies and the connection between e-learning and economics. Its purpose is to provide accurate and reliable information on the strengths and potential of e-learning markets outside traditional education. A great deal of information in this report goes far beyond Europe and has been collected in the United States and other countries where data have been available. A comparative analysis is made between Europe and other countries, where sufficient and consistent information has been available. Price:£18.00

A review and analysis of a selection of OSH monitoring systems Cat. No: TE-51-03-932-EN-C ISBN: 9291910465 Pagination: 61 pages. Dimensions: 21 × 29.7 cm Published:2003 This project sets out to review and analyse a representative selection of occupational safety and health (OSH) monitoring systems currently used in the European Union Member States. The first chapter of this report sets the background for the project by reviewing the major developments that have taken place in recent years in the field of OSH monitoring. Subsequent chapters give an overall analysis of the monitoring systems, highlighting interesting elements and pointing out shortcomings in the existing schemes. In addition to the analysis, the report makes suggestions about the content of a possible OSH monitoring system at European level. Price:£19.00

How to convey OSH information effectively: the case of dangerous substances Cat. No: TE-52-03-837-EN-C ISBN: 9291910449 Pagination: 157 pages. Dimensions: 16.2 × 22.9 cm Published:2003 Within the EU’s legislative framework, worker information and consultation about hazardous chemical agents occurring in the workplace, health and safety risks and protective and preventive measures are legal obligations of the employer. This report describes 19 initiatives addressing the existing information gap. These cases cover not only worker information, but also the management and all the other relevant players at company level, occupational safety and health (OSH) experts, preventive services or worker representatives. Moreover, they also include actions taken by suppliers and their organisations and interventions of third parties such as trade unions, employers’ organisations, or authorities. The programmes described range from company to sectoral, regional, national or even supranational level. Price:£19.00

Improving occupational safety and health in SMEs: examples of effective assistance Cat. No: TE-52-03-829-EN-C ISBN: 9291910430 Pagination: 142 pages. Dimensions: 16.2 × 22.9 cm Published:2003 SMEs are important contributors to European competitiveness, with most new jobs in Europe being created by microenterprises with up to six employees. However, they also face particular difficulties, including effective management of safety and health, and Member States have set up measures to assist entrepreneurship. The Agency for Safety and Health at Work has carried out several important projects to improve occupational safety and health in SMEs, including special funding schemes of good safety and health practice in SMEs initiated by the European Parliament and the European Commission. As part of these efforts, the Agency has also made a study of practical examples of successful occupational safety and health assistance services to SMEs. Price:£19.00

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