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Information on the FEES COUNCIL meeting held on July 20th, 2014

Fri, 08/15/2014 - 13:13 — ComPromCom

At the recent council meeting of the Federation of the European Ergonomics Societies (FEES), hosted in Krakow with the support of the Polish Ergonomics Society, 15 delegates from 11 European ergonomic societies were present (coming from Austria, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia and Switzerland).

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The ÉTS Department of Mechanical Engineering is seeking one professor of product design and development, or design of safe transportation equipment, capable of teaching undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in areas related to product design and development.

Healthy Workplaces Campaign Official Partnership

Wed, 06/18/2014 - 12:02 — ComPromCom

Federation of European Ergonomic Societies (FEES) is one of the 87 official partners of the EU-OSHA 2014-2015 Healthy Workplaces campaign.

Healthy Workplaces campaigns are coordinated in more than 30 countries and are recognised as the

wMSD is still a major concern

Amongst current workers exposure to stress is considered one of the main health and safety risks they face in their workplace (53%). It was followed by ergonomic risks. More than one quarter mention repetitive movements or tiring or painful positions (28%) while 24% mention lifting, carrying or moving loads on a daily basis.

12th European Good Practice Awards in occupational safety and health has been launched

Tue, 04/15/2014 - 13:21 — ComPromCom

The Federation of the European Ergonomics Societies invites ergonomics professionals to submit Good Practices on reducing stress as a result of a successful ergonomics workplace intervention.

"Work-related stress is the second most

New video on Stress

Wed, 04/09/2014 - 10:12 — ComPromCom

The Federation of European Ergonomics Societies supports the new two year Europe-wide campaign: ‘Healthy Workplaces Manage Stress’ of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA).

On behalf of FEES Gyula Szabó attended the Campaign Partnership Meeting in Brussels 8 April 2014, where a detailed campaign introduction and the Campaign Video World Premier took place.

Healthy workplaces manage stress

Mon, 04/07/2014 - 13:28 — ComPromCom

The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) launched a two year Europe-wide campaign: ‘Healthy Workplaces Manage Stress’.

The prevalence of work-related stress in Europe is startling.

10th Anniversary of the Federation of the European Ergonomics Societies

Sun, 03/16/2014 - 14:51 — ComPromCom

The 10th Anniversary of the Federation of the European Ergonomics Societies was celebrated at the GfA 60th Annual Congress in Munich 13-14 March 2014.

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