{"id":10443,"date":"2018-07-11T12:19:44","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T10:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.efnweb.be\/?p=10443"},"modified":"2018-07-11T12:19:44","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T10:19:44","slug":"more-concrete-social-and-employment-policies-are-required-for-the-frontline-workforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=10443","title":{"rendered":"More concrete social and employment policies are required for the frontline workforce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Before the summer break, the European Parliament Employment Committee has discussed some very important topics for the nursing profession. The items debated by MEPs concerned key issues such as protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work, and employment and social policies in the EU.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is widely acknowledged that healthcare professionals, and in particular nurses, are among the professionals most affected by risks related to exposure to dangerous substances at work, as often <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparliamentmagazine.eu\/articles\/partner_article\/efn\/preventing-exposure-nurses-and-health-professionals-hazardous-drugs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exposed to carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic hazardous drugs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The need for action in these important fields is crucial for nurses, who expect a serious commitment from the EU institutions to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights principles to ensure that better and safer working conditions are put in place for 3 million nurses in the EU.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before the summer break, the European Parliament Employment Committee has&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8815,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=8815","url_meta":{"origin":10443,"position":0},"title":"Public Hearing EMPL EP Committee on protecting workers from carcinogens and mutagens at work","author":"efn efn","date":"July 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Following the provisional agreement reached by the Maltese presidency and the European Parliament on 28 June 2017 on a new directive intended to help protect workers from exposure to carcinogens or mutagens in the workplace, the European Parliament Committee on Employment and Social Affairs organised today, 13 July, a Public\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Latest News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Latest News","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?cat=35"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10416,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=10416","url_meta":{"origin":10443,"position":1},"title":"Nurses\u2019 input to the European Semester leads to sustainable health and social care ecosystem","author":"efn efn","date":"June 28, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The European Semester is an important tool used by the European Commission to provide a framework for the coordination of national policies across the European Union. 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