EU-OSHA, the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work based in Bilbao, Spain, launched the website for its new Healthy Workplaces campaign on Thursday, 1 October 2026. The platform is available in all EU languages. According to EU-OSHA, the site serves as a central hub of resources for organisations, employers and other occupational safety and health stakeholders working to prevent psychosocial risks and support mentally healthy workplaces.
What the new campaign website offers
The website brings together reports, policy briefs, practical guidance and tools. Visitors can find campaign events and initiatives there, and campaign partners can promote their own events and initiatives. EU-OSHA also provides digital materials, such as social media kits, which partners can use to extend the campaign’s reach across Europe. Anyone wishing to stay informed can subscribe to the Healthy Workplaces newsletter via the site.
Campaign 2026-2028: Together for Mental Health
The website forms the basis for the ‘Healthy Workplaces 2026-28: together for mental health at work’ campaign, which officially launches on Tuesday, 13 October 2026. The campaign focuses on preventing psychosocial risks and promoting mentally healthy workplaces. EU-OSHA’s core message is that good mental health at work is a shared responsibility in which everyone has a role to play.
Context
Psychosocial risks remain a persistent problem for European organisations. According to EU-OSHA’s ESENER 2024 survey, published on 7 February 2025 and covering more than 41,000 businesses in 30 European countries, 56 percent of organisations report that dealing with difficult customers, patients or pupils is a challenge. EU-OSHA notes that a quarter of organisations still do not recognise the presence of psychosocial risks. Employee involvement in designing measures against psychosocial risks declined slightly, from 61 percent in 2019 to 55 percent in 2024. Among workplaces reporting psychosocial risk factors, 21 percent find these risks harder to manage than other occupational safety and health risks; Nordic countries such as Sweden (38 percent) and Denmark (37 percent) report facing greater challenges in this respect.
Relevance for HSE Professionals
For HSE professionals worldwide, the new platform offers a practical collection of European guidelines and materials that can also serve as a reference outside the EU when developing policy on psychosocial workload. Because risks such as work pressure, harassment and difficult customer interactions occur in almost every sector and country, the shared tools and guides can also inspire prevention policy and risk assessment beyond Europe, for example when drawing up risk inventories for psychosocial workload. The ESENER figures also show that recognising psychosocial risks and involving employees in prevention remain points of attention, even in countries with a long tradition of occupational safety and health policy.
Source: Now live: the Healthy Workplaces Campaign website – your go-to hub for mental health at work, 1 October 2026
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