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Employers and employees are more aware than ever of the vital importance of a healthy, safe workplace. As a journalist, you are always looking for compelling ways to provide readers with inspiring content on this topic – whether your audience consists of industry experts or the general public.

Options include ergonomics, occupational medicine, vaccinations, burnout, return to work, remote work, bullying, etc. IDEWE has the specialists you need. They will offer you clear, enthusiastic and well-substantiated inspiration through data, analysis, insights and advice. Our experts are also available for interviews, seminars and debates.

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Don’t hesitate to contact our press department on +32 1639 0411 or by email. We are happy to put you in contact with the right person for an interview or provide ready-made content such as a blog post or opinion piece.

17/03/2026

Back to daylight saving time: IDEWE shares tips for a healthier transition

During the night from Saturday 28 to Sunday 29 March, we switch to daylight saving time again. As a result, we lose an hour of sleep, but gain more daylight. This is a seemingly small change that can have a considerable impact on our biorhythms and our energy levels, and can therefore also affect our work. That is why IDEWE, the largest Belgian external service for prevention and protection at work, shares tips for employees and employers to get through the first working week after the transition as productively as possible.

04/02/2026

IDEWE and the Belgian Cancer Registry launch BOCCA database

3% of the 775,277 employees at IDEWE are diagnosed with cancer. Higher cancer burden by sector: among healthcare workers with cancer, 46% had breast cancer; in construction, 22% had prostate cancer and 12% had lung cancer. IDEWE recommendation: stay in contact with employees during absence and involve the occupational physician immediately.

09/12/2025

Research: 8 in 10 workers experience their job as meaningful

Senior roles experience more meaning in their work. Education sector scores highest: around 90% finds own work meaningful. Only 28% of the respondents can fully utilise their potential. Clear link between technostress and meaningful work.

26/11/2025

Lode Godderis (IDEWE & KU Leuven) publishes third book on reducing absenteeism: 'How do you talk with sick employees?'

Following an earlier book focusing on policy, he now offers concrete tools to managers and HR professionals to communicate with sick employees and guide them effectively towards a sustainable return to work. The book is published by Lannoo and officially presented on November 26th at IDEWE in Leuven.

12/11/2025

IDEWE survey: 13% of employees expect to be absent due to mental health problems

Predicted absence due to work-related stress and conflicts almost as high (13%) as due to physical reasons (15%). Only 26% believe management responds quickly to mental problems. 72% of employees know where to turn for stress, bullying or conflicts.

14/08/2025

IDEWE survey: Heatwave? 143,131 employees experience heat stress all year round

When thinking about 'working in the heat' today, people immediately think of roofers and other outdoor professions. And although their work, now that our country is once again bathed in a heatwave, is currently no walk in the park, we rarely stop to consider that in Belgium many people - 143,131 to be precise - deal with heat at work every workday, all year round. This emerges from new figures from IDEWE, Belgium's largest external occupational health and safety service, based on a methodology from the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research TNO and KU Leuven in the context of the European Climate Research project Intercambio.