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EU launches campaign to promote sustainable work, healthy ageing

Xinhua, April 15, 2016 Adjust font size:

The European Commission and the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), in cooperation with the Netherlands Presidency of the European Union (EU), launched a two-year Europe-wide campaign "Healthy Workplaces for All Ages" here on Friday.

This is the world's biggest campaign in this area, said the Commission in a press release.

Focusing on sustainable work and workplace safety and health in the context of the ageing workforce, the campaign provides a timely reminder that the younger workers of today are the older workers of tomorrow.

The campaign focuses on Europe's enterprises, both private and public, and the need to promote sustainable work and healthy ageing from the beginning of working life.

By doing so, they would be protecting their workers' health up to and beyond retirement age and their organizations' productivity, according to the press release.

"At a time when there are important discussions going on about the future landscape of occupational safety and health in the EU, this campaign is extremely relevant. We need to start now to cater for the needs of Europe's future workplaces and workers," said European Commissioner Thyssen, highlighting the timeliness of this campaign topic.

The Netherlands' Presidency representative, Lodewijk Asscher, also emphasized the need to make Europe's labor market sustainable for the future.

This campaign topic is based on a European Parliament project conducted by EU-OSHA, "Safer and healthier work at any age", along with various other EU-OSHA reports on safety and health in the context of the ageing workforce.

As part of this new campaign, EU-OSHA also released an e-guide on managing safety and health for an ageing workforce. Endit