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- E-fact 57: Family issues and work-life balance
- Over the last decades both, men and women, have experienced an increase in demands from free time, working life and household demands. Work-life balance has become an often used term with regard to these changes. Finding the right balance concerning time, satisfaction and psychological involvement constitutes a great challenge. The following e-fact gives an overview on the topic, by describing the situation in Europe and giving practical advice to both, employees and employers.
- Older Women,Work and Health. Reviewing the evidence
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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)
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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.
- Sitting too long ups death risk
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Study about the greater risk of death when sitting too long. According to this study more leisure time spent sitting was associated with higher risk of mortality, particularly in women.
A short information about the study can be found under this link: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health/Sitting-too-long-ups-death-risk/articleshow/6204502.cms
- Gender mainstreaming: Arbeitsschutz für Frauen (Gender mainstreaming: OSH for women)
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Die Gesundheitsförderungspraxis der vergangenen Jahre hat gezeigt, dass gesundheitsbezogene Interventionen nur dann erfolgreich sind, wenn sie sich an spezifischen Zielgruppen ausrichten. Neben dem Alter, der sozialen Schicht und ethnischen Zugehörigkeit ist das Geschlecht ein Merkmal, das bei der Entwicklung, Implementierung und Evaluation von Gesundheitsförderungsmaßnahmen bedacht werden muss.
This website provides information about OSH for women and gender issues regarding health promotion.
- Health and safety at work for pregnant women and new mothers: Risk assessment checklist
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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
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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.
- How is the time of women and men distributed in Europe?
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The data presented in this publication are taken from national Time Use Surveys. Time Use Surveys provide statistics on the division of gainful and domestic work between women and men, and on their participation in education, cultural activities and other spheres of life (voluntary work, care, mobility, leisure time etc.). Although patterns of time use are generally quite similar throughout Europe, some interesting differences can be observed between women and men and between the countries surveyed. On average, women aged 20 to 74 spend much more time than men on domestic work, ranging from less than 50% more in Sweden to over 200% more in Italy and Spain. Women spend most time doing domestic work in Italy, Estonia, Slovenia, Hungary and Spain, around 5 hours or more per day. The lowest figures are found in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Latvia - less than 4 hours per day. Men spend on average more time on gainful work/study than on domestic tasks whereas the opposite is true for women in most of the countries surveyed. The total hours worked per day – i.e. gainful work/study and domestic work - is highest for women in Lithuania, Slovenia, Latvia, Estonia, Hungary, Italy and Spain (around 7½ hours or more). It is shorter for men than for women except in Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom, where it is almost equal or only slightly shorter.
- Ricerca comparativa sulla partecipazione delle donne nei programmi occupazionali - Participation of Women in Vocational Rehabilitation Programmes .A comparative research
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Il progetto di ricerca è stato realizzato al fine di esaminare la partecipazione e le esperienze delle donne disabili nella riabilitazione occupazionale all’interno dei centri dei membri dell’EPVR. In particolare gli obiettivi dell’indagine sono stati:
• esaminare la percentuale di partecipazione delle donne nella riabilitazione occupazionale all’interno dei centri EPVR;
• individuare gli ostacoli e le difficoltà delle donne nel reinserimento nel mondo del lavoro;
• elaborare raccomandazioni al comitato di coordinamento per il rafforzamento della partecipazione delle donne nella riabilitazione occupazionale.The project examines the participation of women with disabilities in vocational rehabilitation programs. It examines the rates of participation of women in rehabilitation programs of the European Platform for Vocational Rehabilitation (EPVR) and investigates on the barriers for women vocational rehabilitation. The document also presents proposals to improve women's participation in such rehabilitation programmes.
- Occupational Safety and Health culture assessment - A review of main approaches and selected tools
- Occupational safety and health culture, or more briefly 'OSH culture', can be seen as a concept for exploring how informal organisational aspects influence OSH in a positive or negative way. The aim is to convey up-to-date information on this complex topic in a straightforward, condensed way, trying to build a bridge between research and practice. The main approaches and methods that exist to assess the safety culture in an organisation are presented and discussed. This review gives an overview and selection of useful tools and techniques from the EU domain and abroad.
- EU-OSHA - New report: Occupational Safety and Health culture assessment
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A new report from EU-OSHA has just been published: Occupational Safety and Health culture assessment - A review of main approaches and selected tools
- Focus on risk prevention! EU-OSHA announces winners of 2011 photo competition
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The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) has announced the winners of its pan-European photo competition on safety and health in the workplace. Krzysztof Maksymowicz of Poland was awarded the first prize for his photograph ‘dress maker’ at the Healthy Workplaces Summit in Bilbao.
- CAN-Return to work- IRSST Research on Mental Health in the Workplace
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In response to a joint (employee/employer) request from a health and social services establishment, researchers funded by the Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST) have designed a program of practices for supporting a return to work after an absence due to a mental health problem.
- EU - "Alcohol, work and productivity" report presents scientific opinion of the Science Group of the European Alcohol and Health Forum
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The report summarises the most recent scientific evidence on the linkages between harmful drinking and productivity or employment, and on the workplace as a locus for addressing harm from alcohol. The report also looks at concrete workplace interventions.
- EU-OSHA joins the A+A International Trade Fair in Düsseldorf from 18 to 21 October
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Road transport and mainstreaming OSH into education are some of the topics that EU-OSHA presents and debates in the parallel congress. EU-OSHA director, Dr Christa Sedlatschek, takes part in the opening session on 18 October. A stand in the exhibition area brings together information and demonstrations on these and other outstanding projects, such as OiRA (Online interactive Risk Assessment tool).
A+A International Trade Fair and Congress
- Mental health promotion in the workplace – A good practice report
- Mental health promotion (MHP) includes all the actions that contribute to good mental health. Its primary aim is to focus on what maintains and improves our mental wellbeing. It is important to highlight that optimally effective MHP should include a combination of both risk management and health promotion. In this good practice report you can find information on how to integrate MHP into a comprehensive approach to enhancing and promoting the health, safety and wellbeing of employees at work. Several of the case studies are particularly interesting because of their innovative and creative approaches.
- Get ready for the European Week in your country
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During the European Week for Safety and Health at Work from 24 -28 October 2011 hundreds of Campaign events and activities will take place all over Europe, including conferences, seminars, exhibitions and training sessions. The common theme linking all these activities is raising awareness of the importance of safe maintenance.
- EU - Tackling drink and drug problems in the workplace
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New guidelines, a dedicated website and an electronic learning package are now available to help managers of small businesses deal with employees whose drink or drug intake is affecting their work. The Mepmis project – funded by the Leonardo Foundation – part of the EC’s Lifelong Learning Programme - brought together seven European partners. www.alcoholdrugsandwork.eu
- Summary - New risks and trends in the safety and health of women at work
- In 2009 and 2010, the Agency commissioned an update to its previous research on gender issues at work , which found that inequality both inside and outside the workplace can have an effect on the health and safety of women at work. This summary provides a policy perspective and is meant to contribute to the task outlined by the European strategy on health and safety at work for EU-OSHA’s European Risk Observatory, “examining the specific challenges in terms of health and safety posed by the more extensive integration of women in the labour market”. It provides a statistical overview of the trends in employment and working conditions, hazard exposure and work-related accidents and health problems for women at work. It explores selected issues (combined exposures, occupational cancer, access to rehabilitation, women and informal work, and “emerging” female professions such as home care and domestic work). The research highlights the type of work carried out by women, issues faced by younger and older women, the growth of the service sector, violence and harassment, and increasingly diversified working time patterns as major risk factors.
- EU-OSHA to present recent research on women at work at the XIX OSH World Congress on safety and health at work
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Inequality both inside and outside the workplace can have an effect on the health and safety of women at work. Progress has been made, but there are still gaps within the research, policy and prevention measures:
European OSH statistics still do not cover women satisfactorily. Occupational diseases still mainly reflect male jobs and accident recording omits sectors where women work, e.g. education and health care. In Europe, occupational segregation, gender discrimination, family responsibilities, women’s multiple roles and jobs, disparity in pay and poverty all impact on their safety and health at work.
The research highlights that major risks factors include the type of work carried out by women, issues faced by younger and older women, the growth of the service sector, violence and harassment, and increasingly diversified working time patterns as major risk factors.
New risks and trends in the safety and health of women at work
Also in this section
- E-fact 57: Family issues and work-life balance
- Over the last decades both, men and women, have experienced an increase in demands from free time, working life and household demands. Work-life balance has become an often used term with regard to these changes. Finding the right balance concerning time, satisfaction and psychological involvement constitutes a great challenge. The following e-fact gives an overview on the topic, by describing the situation in Europe and giving practical advice to both, employees and employers.
- 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.
- Sitting too long ups death risk
-
Study about the greater risk of death when sitting too long. According to this study more leisure time spent sitting was associated with higher risk of mortality, particularly in women.
A short information about the study can be found under this link: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health/Sitting-too-long-ups-death-risk/articleshow/6204502.cms
- Gender mainstreaming: Arbeitsschutz für Frauen (Gender mainstreaming: OSH for women)
-
Die Gesundheitsförderungspraxis der vergangenen Jahre hat gezeigt, dass gesundheitsbezogene Interventionen nur dann erfolgreich sind, wenn sie sich an spezifischen Zielgruppen ausrichten. Neben dem Alter, der sozialen Schicht und ethnischen Zugehörigkeit ist das Geschlecht ein Merkmal, das bei der Entwicklung, Implementierung und Evaluation von Gesundheitsförderungsmaßnahmen bedacht werden muss.
This website provides information about OSH for women and gender issues regarding health promotion.
- 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.
- How is the time of women and men distributed in Europe?
-
The data presented in this publication are taken from national Time Use Surveys. Time Use Surveys provide statistics on the division of gainful and domestic work between women and men, and on their participation in education, cultural activities and other spheres of life (voluntary work, care, mobility, leisure time etc.). Although patterns of time use are generally quite similar throughout Europe, some interesting differences can be observed between women and men and between the countries surveyed. On average, women aged 20 to 74 spend much more time than men on domestic work, ranging from less than 50% more in Sweden to over 200% more in Italy and Spain. Women spend most time doing domestic work in Italy, Estonia, Slovenia, Hungary and Spain, around 5 hours or more per day. The lowest figures are found in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Latvia - less than 4 hours per day. Men spend on average more time on gainful work/study than on domestic tasks whereas the opposite is true for women in most of the countries surveyed. The total hours worked per day – i.e. gainful work/study and domestic work - is highest for women in Lithuania, Slovenia, Latvia, Estonia, Hungary, Italy and Spain (around 7½ hours or more). It is shorter for men than for women except in Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom, where it is almost equal or only slightly shorter.
- Ricerca comparativa sulla partecipazione delle donne nei programmi occupazionali - Participation of Women in Vocational Rehabilitation Programmes .A comparative research
-
Il progetto di ricerca è stato realizzato al fine di esaminare la partecipazione e le esperienze delle donne disabili nella riabilitazione occupazionale all’interno dei centri dei membri dell’EPVR. In particolare gli obiettivi dell’indagine sono stati:
• esaminare la percentuale di partecipazione delle donne nella riabilitazione occupazionale all’interno dei centri EPVR;
• individuare gli ostacoli e le difficoltà delle donne nel reinserimento nel mondo del lavoro;
• elaborare raccomandazioni al comitato di coordinamento per il rafforzamento della partecipazione delle donne nella riabilitazione occupazionale.The project examines the participation of women with disabilities in vocational rehabilitation programs. It examines the rates of participation of women in rehabilitation programs of the European Platform for Vocational Rehabilitation (EPVR) and investigates on the barriers for women vocational rehabilitation. The document also presents proposals to improve women's participation in such rehabilitation programmes.
- Occupational Safety and Health culture assessment - A review of main approaches and selected tools
- Occupational safety and health culture, or more briefly 'OSH culture', can be seen as a concept for exploring how informal organisational aspects influence OSH in a positive or negative way. The aim is to convey up-to-date information on this complex topic in a straightforward, condensed way, trying to build a bridge between research and practice. The main approaches and methods that exist to assess the safety culture in an organisation are presented and discussed. This review gives an overview and selection of useful tools and techniques from the EU domain and abroad.
- EU-OSHA - New report: Occupational Safety and Health culture assessment
-
A new report from EU-OSHA has just been published: Occupational Safety and Health culture assessment - A review of main approaches and selected tools
- Focus on risk prevention! EU-OSHA announces winners of 2011 photo competition
-
The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) has announced the winners of its pan-European photo competition on safety and health in the workplace. Krzysztof Maksymowicz of Poland was awarded the first prize for his photograph ‘dress maker’ at the Healthy Workplaces Summit in Bilbao.
- CAN-Return to work- IRSST Research on Mental Health in the Workplace
-
In response to a joint (employee/employer) request from a health and social services establishment, researchers funded by the Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST) have designed a program of practices for supporting a return to work after an absence due to a mental health problem.
- EU - "Alcohol, work and productivity" report presents scientific opinion of the Science Group of the European Alcohol and Health Forum
-
The report summarises the most recent scientific evidence on the linkages between harmful drinking and productivity or employment, and on the workplace as a locus for addressing harm from alcohol. The report also looks at concrete workplace interventions.
- EU-OSHA joins the A+A International Trade Fair in Düsseldorf from 18 to 21 October
-
Road transport and mainstreaming OSH into education are some of the topics that EU-OSHA presents and debates in the parallel congress. EU-OSHA director, Dr Christa Sedlatschek, takes part in the opening session on 18 October. A stand in the exhibition area brings together information and demonstrations on these and other outstanding projects, such as OiRA (Online interactive Risk Assessment tool).
A+A International Trade Fair and Congress
- Mental health promotion in the workplace – A good practice report
- Mental health promotion (MHP) includes all the actions that contribute to good mental health. Its primary aim is to focus on what maintains and improves our mental wellbeing. It is important to highlight that optimally effective MHP should include a combination of both risk management and health promotion. In this good practice report you can find information on how to integrate MHP into a comprehensive approach to enhancing and promoting the health, safety and wellbeing of employees at work. Several of the case studies are particularly interesting because of their innovative and creative approaches.
- Get ready for the European Week in your country
-
During the European Week for Safety and Health at Work from 24 -28 October 2011 hundreds of Campaign events and activities will take place all over Europe, including conferences, seminars, exhibitions and training sessions. The common theme linking all these activities is raising awareness of the importance of safe maintenance.
- EU - Tackling drink and drug problems in the workplace
-
New guidelines, a dedicated website and an electronic learning package are now available to help managers of small businesses deal with employees whose drink or drug intake is affecting their work. The Mepmis project – funded by the Leonardo Foundation – part of the EC’s Lifelong Learning Programme - brought together seven European partners. www.alcoholdrugsandwork.eu
- Summary - New risks and trends in the safety and health of women at work
- In 2009 and 2010, the Agency commissioned an update to its previous research on gender issues at work , which found that inequality both inside and outside the workplace can have an effect on the health and safety of women at work. This summary provides a policy perspective and is meant to contribute to the task outlined by the European strategy on health and safety at work for EU-OSHA’s European Risk Observatory, “examining the specific challenges in terms of health and safety posed by the more extensive integration of women in the labour market”. It provides a statistical overview of the trends in employment and working conditions, hazard exposure and work-related accidents and health problems for women at work. It explores selected issues (combined exposures, occupational cancer, access to rehabilitation, women and informal work, and “emerging” female professions such as home care and domestic work). The research highlights the type of work carried out by women, issues faced by younger and older women, the growth of the service sector, violence and harassment, and increasingly diversified working time patterns as major risk factors.
- EU-OSHA to present recent research on women at work at the XIX OSH World Congress on safety and health at work
-
Inequality both inside and outside the workplace can have an effect on the health and safety of women at work. Progress has been made, but there are still gaps within the research, policy and prevention measures:
European OSH statistics still do not cover women satisfactorily. Occupational diseases still mainly reflect male jobs and accident recording omits sectors where women work, e.g. education and health care. In Europe, occupational segregation, gender discrimination, family responsibilities, women’s multiple roles and jobs, disparity in pay and poverty all impact on their safety and health at work.
The research highlights that major risks factors include the type of work carried out by women, issues faced by younger and older women, the growth of the service sector, violence and harassment, and increasingly diversified working time patterns as major risk factors.
New risks and trends in the safety and health of women at work
