For disabled persons, working from home can mean needing extra equipment to match their office setup. In Belgium a budget has been approved in the form of co-financing up to 80% of the purchase price for such equipment. This measure has helped employers to buy equipment and software and to adapt employees’ homeworking environments.

A government-mandated task force has submitted recommendations on labour-management relations within the US federal government. The authors acknowledge the need to change the model compared to the previous administration. A total of 70 measures aim to do everything possible to promote employees’ ability to fully exercise their union rights through labour organisations.

Mainstreaming mental health first aid is set to become a priority. According to a recently published circular, a three-pronged strategy will be rolled out in France: awareness-raising initiatives to remove the stigma surrounding mental illness, training for civil servants who volunteer and share their motivation for doing so, and hiring trainers who are conversant with psychosocial risks and have training experience.