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Psychological safety at the workplace – the Centre for Occupational Safety is publishing a handbook on working together
Working Together: A Handbook, published by the Centre for Occupational Safety, helps to build a psychologically safe workplace.
Read the articleNews: Can you work remotely or take a holiday trip during a sickness absence? Do you have to attend a work ability assessment and health checks?
The Centre for Occupational Safety’s service group, together with chief medical officers from EK and SAK, has produced a set of question-answer pairs relating to sickness absences and work ability...
Blogs: Amendments to the Occupational Safety and Health Act – employers’ obligations clarified
Amendments to the Occupational Safety and Health Act are entering into force at the beginning of June, the aim of which is to prevent incapacity for work, promote coping at work and, thus, improve the...
News: Identifying the hazards of office work
This new Identifying the hazards of office work form is intended for the identification of the hazards and harms involved in the physical, technical, and operational environment of office-type expert...
News: Ground rules promote safety in work outside the workplace
Regular communication and agreeing on work methods are good ways of supporting those who work outside the actual workplace. According to the annual Occupational Safety and Health Panel, of workplaces...
News: Orientation materials for newspaper deliverers
The revised Deliverers’ Occupational Safety online materials go through the most common occupational safety hazards deliverers face and ways to avoid them. The materials are available free of charge...
News: Multilingual video on working safely on Finnish farms
In Finland, everyone has the right to safe and healthy work. The ‘Welcome to work on Finnish farms!’ video explains the main rules of Finnish working life and the basics of safe and healthy work...
News: Impacts of climate change are discussed in every other workplace – viewpoint of occupational safety is included rarely
Climate change is visible in workplaces, but an invisible subject when it comes to occupational safety and health. This is apparent in the Occupational Safety and Health Panel, the respondents of...
News: New publication: Be Well at Work – A guide for employees and supervisors on the management of psychosocial stress
All work has both stressors and resources. The supervisor and employees play an important role in identifying them.
News: Webinar presented methods of lightening the workload
Why should you invest in ergonomics? What good practices are there at workplaces to support healthy and flowing work? How is the individual taken into account in the planning? What kind of solutions...