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INT-OSHA initiative – working outdoors in hot weather

The U.S. Department of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has kicked off a national outreach initiative about the hazards of working outdoors in hot weather.
Every year, thousands of workers across the country suffer from serious heat-related illnesses. If not quickly addressed, heat exhaustion can become heat stroke, which has killed – on average – more than 30 workers annually since 2003. Labour-intensive activities in hot weather can raise body temperatures beyond the level that normally can be cooled by sweating.

CAN-IRRST case studies on HR management and OSH

Interaction between human resources management and OHS – Teaching of future managersIn an increasingly competitive economic context, companies have to control the costs of OHS management in terms of contributions paid to the CSST, investments in protective equipment and preventive measures, as well as the indirect costs related to prolonged absences and work disabilities. Companies are noting that the successful implementation of preventive OHS measures has mobilizing effects on the involvement of workers in production, in quality control, in improving the working climate, and in the social cohesion of teams. However, the implementation of such measures raises many challenges for managers.

Management of occupational safety and health: Analysis of data from the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER)

In 2009, EU-OSHA carried out the first Europe-wide establishment survey on health and safety at the workplace, the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER). Following on from the initial analysis presented in the descriptive overview report in 2010, four secondary analysis projects have been carried out in 2011. This report focuses on management of safety and health at work, examining how practices vary across Europe depending on, for example, establishment size, location and sector.

FR-SUMER - Trends and issues in working conditions 1994-2010

First results of the SUMER survey were just published, with an analysis of the trends between 1994 and 2010, covering three rounds of surveys.
Some issues highlighted:
Organisational and psychosocial work factors: The reduction in autonomy together with increasing pace constraints and increasing mental load, leads to a considerably higher proportion of workers reporting to be on “job strain”.

UK, IOSH, video clip of employers talking about OSH benefits

On this video clip you hear business leaders at E.ON, Leeds Metropolitan University and British Gas explain how they save money by investing in health and safety.

It features:

A major energy company whose activities include wind farms and solar panels explains their approach
A university that tackled stress and bullying
A gas company talking about the occupational driving safety of their maintenance workers

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.

SLIC campaign 2012 on psychosocial risks

The Committee of Senior Labour Inspectors (SLIC) has launched its European Campaign 2012 on psychosocial risks. A SLIC working group, in which EU-OSHA took part, has developed an inspection toolkit available in 22 languages. The Campaign will address especially the health and social care, service, and transport sectors. The results and conclusions will be presented at the Final Conference in Sweden in March 2013. EU-OSHA will draw on the SLIC campaign’s experiences and lessons to prepare its own Healthy Workplaces campaign on psychosocial risks that will take place in 2014-2015.

More information about the SLIC campaign is available from: http://www.av.se/SLIC2012/

Visit our section on stress: http://osha.europa.eu/en/topics/stress

See also the ESENER survey results on psychosocial risks: http://esener.eu

DK- The Danish national return-to-work (RTW) program

The Danish national return-to-work (RTW) program aims to improve the management of municipal sickness benefit in Denmark. A study is currently ongoing to evaluate the RTW program. The program includes 21 municipalities with about 19 500 working-age adults on long-term sickness absence, regardless of reason for sickness absence or employment status.

ILO 2012 “Stress Prevention at Work Checkpoints. Practical improvements for stress prevention in the workplace” available online.

This manual includes easy-to-apply checkpoints for identifying stressors in working life and mitigating their harmful effects. It also provides guidance on linking workplace risk assessment with the process of stress prevention.

EU, ETUCE, Teachers’ work-related stress – survey results and brochure

The European trade union committee for education - ETUCE - has made available a study report containing the full overview of the results of its stress survey as well as the ETUCE project brochure on Teachers' work-related stress: European-wide Survey - Assessment, Comparison and Evaluation of the Impact of Psychosocial Hazards on Teachers at their Workplace in the EU.

CAN-Intervention study to reduce musculoskeletal disorders and psychological health problems in 911 emergency call centre

A multidisciplinary study led to better identification of the aspects of the mental load related to MSDs and the mental health problems of 9-1-1 emergency call centre dispatchers, a profession that has not been extensively studied by researchers up to now.

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.

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.

Guía sindical: La acción sindical frente al acoso sexual (Trade union guidance against sexual harassment)

La guía que presenta la Secretaría de la Mujer de CCOO pretende ser un elemento de consulta y ayuda en la búsqueda de soluciones ante un problema relevante como es el acoso sexual en el ámbito laboral, una forma de violencia de género que pone de manifiesto la desigualdad entre mujeres y hombres en nuestra sociedad.

The guide presented by the Women's Bureau of CCOO intends to be an element of consultation and assistance in finding solutions to important problems such as sexual harassment in the workplace, a form of gender-based violence that highlights the inequality between women and men in society.

Seksuel chikane på arbejdspladsen – nej tak (Sexual harassement at workplaces, no thank you)

Et godt psykisk arbejdsmiljø er blandt andet et miljø, hvor alle kan være uden at føle sig generet af omgangsformen eller af seksuel chikane i andre afskygninger. Det arbejde vil 3F gerne bakke op om ved blandt andet at ruste dig til at kunne lave forebyggende politik inden for området og til at kunne tackle en sag, hvis den opstår på jeres arbejdsplads.

This guideline provides help for workers and companies to take prevention measures regarding sexual harassment.

Vold og trusler i ældreplejen- Violence in elderly care

Denne rapport er udarbejdet på baggrund af resultater fra et stort forskningsprojekt på Arbejdsmiljøinstituttet. Projektet hedder FOR-SOSU (Fastholdelse Og Rekruttering af SOcial- og SUndhedshjælpere og -assistenter). Det overordnede mål med dette projekt er at skabe forudsætninger for en effektiv arbejdsmiljøindsats, som kan øge rekruttering og fastholdelse af social- og sundhedshjælpere og - assistenter (SOSU’er) i SOSU-branchen. To store undersøgelser indgår i projektet. Den ene undersøgelse hedder Arbejde i ældreplejen, og her undersøges arbejdsmiljøet blandt alle typer medarbejdere i ældreplejen i 36 kommuner i 2005. Det anden undersøgelse hedder SOSU’er Årgang 2004 og den følger alle de SOSU’er, der blev uddannet i 2004 et og to år efter de træder ud på arbejdsmarkedet. Nærværende rapport omhandler dog kun det første år efter uddannelsens afslutning.

The report provides information about the project FOR- SOSU: employment and work of social workers and elderly care nurses.

Health and safety at work for pregnant women and new mothers: Risk assessment checklist

This factsheet provides a risk assessment checklist for pregnant women. It allows the user to check if the following areas have been addressed at the workplace:

Movements and postures
Manual handling
Shocks, jolts and vibrations
Noise
Ionising and non-ionising radiation
Biological/Infections
Chemical
Working conditions
Working hours
Occupational stress
Extremes of hot and cold
Work equipment and personal protective equipment

Work's Worse for Women

This article presents information on high risks women face from job-related stress, musculoskeletal injuries, violence and other hazards. They note these risks will increase when women move in to jobs traditionally done my men, like construction, and presents some ways to deal with these.

Alexithymia and its association with burnout, depression and family support among Greek nursing staff

Few studies have examined the relation between alexithymia (i.e. the inability to recognize and verbalize emotions) and professional burnout. Considering the absence of relevant studies in the Greek scientific literature, the aim of this work was to examine the associations of alexithymia with the three facets of professional burnout, the perception of family support and depression in nursing personnel.

In the scientific literature there is a debate as to whether alexithymia is a stable personality characteristic or if it is dependent on symptoms of mental disorders. The study tried to interpret the associations of alexithymia with professional burnout, depressive symptoms and family support. From this study it appears very likely that alexithymia is directly associated with depression and personal achievement, but also - indirectly - with the sense of family support.

Mobbing - Leitfaden zur Prävention und Intervention (mobbing - prevention guideline)

Dieser Leitfaden ist eine Empfehlung für Organisationen, die sich mit dem Thema Mobbing bzw. dessen Prävention beschäftigen wollen. Er beinhaltet Vorschläge auf der Prozessebene zur Einführung und zum Aufbau des Themas in der Organisation, sowie Tools, die sich in der Praxis im Umgang mit Mobbing – im Sinne von Prävention und Intervention für unterschiedliche Zielgruppen – bewährt haben. Der Leitfaden enthält auch einen Vorschlag für den Aufbau und optionale Inhalte einer Betriebsvereinbarung.

This guideline is about prevention of mobbing at workplaces. It includes proposals and tools on how to deal with mobbing/bullying at workplaces as well as an example of a company agreement.

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