Factsheet 32 - How to Tackle Psychosocial Issues and Reduce Work-related Stress
More than one in four workers are affected by work-related stress (WRS) in the European Union. WRS and psychosocial issues are the focus for the European Week for Safety and Health at Work 2002. To support this initiative, a report has been produced covering a number of cases of programmes, practices and experiences from across the Member States that seek to tackle psychosocial issues and prevent WRS. This fact sheet summarises the report and is aimed at those with an interest in developing strategies to tackle WRS at a national, regional or local level. At the end of the fact sheet, there is information on how to obtain the report and other WRS products.
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European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
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25.09.2002
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TE0202012END
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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.
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.
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