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EU-“Quality of work and employment: A policy tool towards an inclusive and sustainable growth”

The EU-OSHA Director, Dr. Christa Sedlatschek, will participate at a Joint Conference of the European Parliament and Eurofound on April 12 2012 to discuss the inclusive dimensions of a “good work” perspective for men and women, for young and older people.

WHO - Gender equality and women's empowerment need commitment

Lack of access to health care and to education, gender inequality and limited access to credit pose challenges for women, particularly those in rural areas.

ILO - Gender equality in the rural sector: The ever-present challenge

The theme for this year's International Women's Day - Empower Rural Women, end poverty and hunger - highlights the need to tackle gender inequalities in the rural sector. Women living and working in rural areas are often perceived and treated as second-class citizens.

EU-European Commission weighs options to break the ‛glass ceiling’ for women on company boards

A European Commission report shows that limited progress towards increasing the number of women on company boards has been achieved one year after EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding called for credible self-regulatory measures (see MEMO/11/124). Just one in seven board members at Europe's top firms is a woman (13.7%). This is a slight improvement from 11.8% in 2010. However, it would still take more than 40 years to reach a significant gender balance (at least 40% of both sexes) at this rate.

Building Healthy and Equitable Workplaces for Women and Men: A Resource for Employers and Worker Representatives

This document provides employers and worker representatives with tools to build healthy and equitable workplaces for women and men while bringing needed attention to issues predominantly affecting women. The document includes ways to address the needs of women and men in the areas of physical and psychosocial health, personal health resources and enterprise-community involvement, avenues to protect and promote workers' health, which are based on the WHO healthy workplace model (Protecting Workers' Health Series No. 11). Although aimed at developing countries, it contains suggestions and checklists for action that are relevant to any workplace. It contains advice on involving workers and a section for worker representatives.

UK, HSE, How HSE complies with its equality duties

HSE's Commitment to the Equality Duty

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is committed to eliminating discrimination and promoting equality in our policies and in our dealings with our staff. We are committed to all aspects of equality with overarching objectives covering all equality strands.
 

DE-Multitasking "don´t disturb" - guidance on how to avoid stress and overload (in German)

The German Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) has just published a brochure on how to tackle stress and overload linked to frequent interruptions and the demand for multitasking. The brochure is one of the outcomes of a project that attempted to identify good working practices to support an ageing working population.

BE - Women and occupational diseases: the case of Belgium

The ETUI recently published a report highlighting the discriminatory impact on women of the system for the declaration and recognition of occupational diseases in Belgium. There is one striking statistic: women represent less than 10% of recognised cases of occupational diseases.

US - Study finds that working shifts may increase the risk of developing diabetes in nurses

Examining the association between rotating shift work (≥3 nights/month plus days and evenings) and Type 2 diabetes among 177,000 female nurses aged 25–67 (the Nurses' Health Study), this large-scale study revealed a graded association between the duration of working life the nurses had been engaged in shift work and risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes.

IE - Guidance on the Management of Manual Handling in Healthcare

This guide provides practical information on managing the risk of injury from manual handling activities in the healthcare sector.

INT-WHO-Building Healthy and Equitable Workplaces for Women and Men: A Resource for Employers and Worker Representatives

This WHO document provides employers and worker representatives with tools to build healthy and equitable workplaces for women and men while bringing needed attention to issues predominantly affecting women.

INT – WHO Gender, Work and Health (updated version - 2011)

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has published two booklets on gender issues and working conditions.
One booklet provides an overview of the differences and inequalities in work and health between women and men, and highlights issues of particular importance to women. Advice for action is provided at different levels: government, employers, workers and researchers.

BE, CAN- Improving working conditions in home care services

A guide to good organizational practices aimed at improving the quality of home care and home support services (HCS) jobs has just been published by the Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST). Developed by members of two research teams, the IRSST in Québec and the Service de psychologie du travail of the Université de Mons in Belgium, this project was funded by the 5th permanent joint board on cooperation between Québec – Wallonia-Brussels.

Participating on Equal Terms?: the gender dimensions of direct participation in organisational change (Summary)

A marked difference in the positions of men and women is a key feature of European workplaces –yet the sexual division of labour is often overlooked in discussions of organisational change. A report based on the findings of a 1996 survey of 5,800 workplaces in ten European countries shows,however, that innovations in the workplace raise important issues for equal opportunities. While the main focus of the EPOC survey (Employee Direct Participation in Organisational Change) was on other aspects of direct participation, this report – summarised here – set out to analyse the gender dimensions of such initiatives.

German Full report

Older Women,Work and Health. Reviewing the evidence

This report reviews the health and work of older women. It explores the risk facing older women, such as musculoskeletal problems at work and provides recommendations for changes at the workplace.

Gender Mainstreaming in der betrieblichen Gesundheitsförderung - (gender mainstreaming and workplace health promotion)

Die Berücksichtigung der unterschiedlichen Lebens- und Arbeitsbedingungen von Frauen und Männern erhöht die Qualität und Reichweite betrieblicher Gesundheitsförderungsprojekte. Im Rahmen des dreijährigen Projektes "Gender Mainstreaming in der betrieblichen Gesundheitsförderung" wurden geschlechtersensible Verfahren entwickelt und in vier Pilotbetrieben erprobt.

The project "gender mainstreaming and workplace health promotion" deals with different working and living conditions of men and women.

Women's Work

This article provides information on the work which women do, and outlines questions that women should consider in respect of:

• Workplace policy
• Union policy
• Management issues
• Safety and equality representatives
• Risk assessment
• Sickness absence
• Monitoring procedures

BEST No. 1/2000. Shiftwork and Health BEST No. 1/2000. Shiftwork and Health

Shiftwork and other forms of working at unusual hours, and especially working at night, have always raised some health concerns. Shiftworkers, their employers, and governments responsible for health and safety legislation, are rightly interested in some serious questions about shiftwork and health:

• does shiftwork damage health?

• in what health areas does it carry this risk?

• are the short-term and long-term effects different?

• can occupational doctors and nurses monitor and reduce these effects?

• can shiftworkers themselves reduce these effects?

This issue of BEST aims to provide help and guidance in this complex area.

Gender and occupational health and safety

This website provides some key points of the impact of occupational health and safety by gender. Women make up 42% of the employed population in the EU. Men and women are not the same and the jobs they do, their working conditions and how they are treated by society are not the same. These factors can affect the hazards they face at work and the approach that needs to be taken to assess and control them.

A Guide to Occupational Health and Safety in the New Zealand Sex Industry

This guide has been written for everyone involved in the New Zealand sex industry: sex workers both employed and self-employed, operators, owners and others such as sex worker organisations.

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EU-“Quality of work and employment: A policy tool towards an inclusive and sustainable growth”

The EU-OSHA Director, Dr. Christa Sedlatschek, will participate at a Joint Conference of the European Parliament and Eurofound on April 12 2012 to discuss the inclusive dimensions of a “good work” perspective for men and women, for young and older people.

WHO - Gender equality and women's empowerment need commitment

Lack of access to health care and to education, gender inequality and limited access to credit pose challenges for women, particularly those in rural areas.

ILO - Gender equality in the rural sector: The ever-present challenge

The theme for this year's International Women's Day - Empower Rural Women, end poverty and hunger - highlights the need to tackle gender inequalities in the rural sector. Women living and working in rural areas are often perceived and treated as second-class citizens.

EU-European Commission weighs options to break the ‛glass ceiling’ for women on company boards

A European Commission report shows that limited progress towards increasing the number of women on company boards has been achieved one year after EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding called for credible self-regulatory measures (see MEMO/11/124). Just one in seven board members at Europe's top firms is a woman (13.7%). This is a slight improvement from 11.8% in 2010. However, it would still take more than 40 years to reach a significant gender balance (at least 40% of both sexes) at this rate.

Building Healthy and Equitable Workplaces for Women and Men: A Resource for Employers and Worker Representatives

This document provides employers and worker representatives with tools to build healthy and equitable workplaces for women and men while bringing needed attention to issues predominantly affecting women. The document includes ways to address the needs of women and men in the areas of physical and psychosocial health, personal health resources and enterprise-community involvement, avenues to protect and promote workers' health, which are based on the WHO healthy workplace model (Protecting Workers' Health Series No. 11). Although aimed at developing countries, it contains suggestions and checklists for action that are relevant to any workplace. It contains advice on involving workers and a section for worker representatives.

UK, HSE, How HSE complies with its equality duties

HSE's Commitment to the Equality Duty

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is committed to eliminating discrimination and promoting equality in our policies and in our dealings with our staff. We are committed to all aspects of equality with overarching objectives covering all equality strands.
 

DE-Multitasking "don´t disturb" - guidance on how to avoid stress and overload (in German)

The German Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) has just published a brochure on how to tackle stress and overload linked to frequent interruptions and the demand for multitasking. The brochure is one of the outcomes of a project that attempted to identify good working practices to support an ageing working population.

BE - Women and occupational diseases: the case of Belgium

The ETUI recently published a report highlighting the discriminatory impact on women of the system for the declaration and recognition of occupational diseases in Belgium. There is one striking statistic: women represent less than 10% of recognised cases of occupational diseases.

US - Study finds that working shifts may increase the risk of developing diabetes in nurses

Examining the association between rotating shift work (≥3 nights/month plus days and evenings) and Type 2 diabetes among 177,000 female nurses aged 25–67 (the Nurses' Health Study), this large-scale study revealed a graded association between the duration of working life the nurses had been engaged in shift work and risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes.

IE - Guidance on the Management of Manual Handling in Healthcare

This guide provides practical information on managing the risk of injury from manual handling activities in the healthcare sector.

INT-WHO-Building Healthy and Equitable Workplaces for Women and Men: A Resource for Employers and Worker Representatives

This WHO document provides employers and worker representatives with tools to build healthy and equitable workplaces for women and men while bringing needed attention to issues predominantly affecting women.

INT – WHO Gender, Work and Health (updated version - 2011)

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has published two booklets on gender issues and working conditions.
One booklet provides an overview of the differences and inequalities in work and health between women and men, and highlights issues of particular importance to women. Advice for action is provided at different levels: government, employers, workers and researchers.

BE, CAN- Improving working conditions in home care services

A guide to good organizational practices aimed at improving the quality of home care and home support services (HCS) jobs has just been published by the Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST). Developed by members of two research teams, the IRSST in Québec and the Service de psychologie du travail of the Université de Mons in Belgium, this project was funded by the 5th permanent joint board on cooperation between Québec – Wallonia-Brussels.

Participating on Equal Terms?: the gender dimensions of direct participation in organisational change (Summary)

A marked difference in the positions of men and women is a key feature of European workplaces –yet the sexual division of labour is often overlooked in discussions of organisational change. A report based on the findings of a 1996 survey of 5,800 workplaces in ten European countries shows,however, that innovations in the workplace raise important issues for equal opportunities. While the main focus of the EPOC survey (Employee Direct Participation in Organisational Change) was on other aspects of direct participation, this report – summarised here – set out to analyse the gender dimensions of such initiatives.

German Full report

Older Women,Work and Health. Reviewing the evidence

This report reviews the health and work of older women. It explores the risk facing older women, such as musculoskeletal problems at work and provides recommendations for changes at the workplace.

Gender Mainstreaming in der betrieblichen Gesundheitsförderung - (gender mainstreaming and workplace health promotion)

Die Berücksichtigung der unterschiedlichen Lebens- und Arbeitsbedingungen von Frauen und Männern erhöht die Qualität und Reichweite betrieblicher Gesundheitsförderungsprojekte. Im Rahmen des dreijährigen Projektes "Gender Mainstreaming in der betrieblichen Gesundheitsförderung" wurden geschlechtersensible Verfahren entwickelt und in vier Pilotbetrieben erprobt.

The project "gender mainstreaming and workplace health promotion" deals with different working and living conditions of men and women.

Women's Work

This article provides information on the work which women do, and outlines questions that women should consider in respect of:

• Workplace policy
• Union policy
• Management issues
• Safety and equality representatives
• Risk assessment
• Sickness absence
• Monitoring procedures

BEST No. 1/2000. Shiftwork and Health BEST No. 1/2000. Shiftwork and Health

Shiftwork and other forms of working at unusual hours, and especially working at night, have always raised some health concerns. Shiftworkers, their employers, and governments responsible for health and safety legislation, are rightly interested in some serious questions about shiftwork and health:

• does shiftwork damage health?

• in what health areas does it carry this risk?

• are the short-term and long-term effects different?

• can occupational doctors and nurses monitor and reduce these effects?

• can shiftworkers themselves reduce these effects?

This issue of BEST aims to provide help and guidance in this complex area.

Gender and occupational health and safety

This website provides some key points of the impact of occupational health and safety by gender. Women make up 42% of the employed population in the EU. Men and women are not the same and the jobs they do, their working conditions and how they are treated by society are not the same. These factors can affect the hazards they face at work and the approach that needs to be taken to assess and control them.

A Guide to Occupational Health and Safety in the New Zealand Sex Industry

This guide has been written for everyone involved in the New Zealand sex industry: sex workers both employed and self-employed, operators, owners and others such as sex worker organisations.