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FOCUSEuropean Foundation's European Working Conditions SurveyJanuary 2008 The Foundation's European working conditions surveys, conducted every five years, have been providing a unique insight into quality-of-work issues since 1990. In this fourth survey, interviews were conducted in late 2005 with nearly 30,000 workers in 31 countries (the EU25, the two acceding countries of Bulgaria and Romania, as well as Croatia, Turkey, Switzerland and Norway). The survey covers a wide range of topics, including physical risks, working time, work organisation, employability, work satisfaction, health outcomes, absenteeism, work sustainability, work-life balance, violence and harassment and job performance. Fourth
European Working Conditions survey (PDF, 205 KB) Work-related musculoskeletal disorders: Back to work reportMusculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the most common work-related health problem in Europe. Tackling MSDs means taking action in the workplace. First, there are preventative steps that have to be taken. But for workers who already have MSDs, the challenge is to maintain their employability, keep them working and, if necessary, reintegrate them into the workplace. Key findings of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work's 'Work-related musculoskeletal disorders: Back to Work' report focuses on the retention, reintegration and rehabilitation of workers with MSDs. It comes in two parts: a literature review on the effectiveness of work-related interventions, and an overview of policy initiatives in Europe and at the international level. Work-related
musculoskeletal disorders: Back to Work (PDF, 219 KB). There is also a related Fact Sheet No. 75 see http://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/factsheets/75/view. Seeking more information on working conditions and occupational safety and health?More information on working conditions not only in Europe but around the World, including advice and guidance, legislation and much more can be found by checking out the OSH UPDATE electronic collection of information sources. Seekers will find a wealth of authoritative and validated advice from around the world. Best practices, case studies, journal articles, reports and knowledge of systems are in OSH UPDATE. Why not try OSH UPDATE for yourself? Take a 15 day free trial to a collection of over 800,000 sources of authoritative and validated information. Sheila Pantry Associates Ltd. publish a number of health, safety, environment and fire electronic services / products that contain information from well-known worldwide organisations. These services, that are regularly updated, contain both full text and bibliographic information. |