Report - Research on Work-Related Stress
Determining the extent of stress-related health problems at work is not an easy task. Most countries routinely collect data on ill-health retirements, work days lost due to sickness, injury and disability, etc. However, such data are imprecise and not reliable in terms of describing trends due to changes in, for example, the recording methods used.
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European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
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15.06.2000
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TE2800882ENC
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The European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER) asks managers and workers' health and safety representatives about how health and safety risks are managed at their workplace, with a particular focus on the newer ‘psychosocial risks’, such as work-related stress, violence and harassment. This report presents an overview of the results from a first analysis of the data, which is drawn from 36,000 interviews carried out in 31 countries.
The European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER) asks managers and workers' health and safety representatives about how health and safety risks are managed at their workplace, with a particular focus on the newer ‘psychosocial risks’, such as work-related stress, violence and harassment. This summary highlights a selection of the main results from a first analysis of the data, which is drawn from 36,000 interviews carried out in 31 countries.
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) remain the most common occupational disease in the European Union and workers in all sectors and occupations can be affected. Recent figures, for example from Austria, Germany or France, also demonstrate an increasing impact of musculoskeletal disorders on costs. This latest report, following on from the Agency’s previous research, aims to give an updated overview of the current European situation as regards musculoskeletal disorders, the trends over the years since the first campaign in 2000, and a detailed insight into the causes and circumstances behind MSDs. The report highlights the main issues and aims to provide a well-founded evidence base, helping policy makers, actors at enterprise and sector level, as well as researchers and those who record, prevent and compensate occupational diseases in the European Union to set the agenda for the next years.
- Upcoming Events
- 3. Gesundheitsgipfel mit dem Thema: Führung und die vielfältigen Potenziale der Beschäftigten DE Grainau, 08.08.2010
- T2010, the tri-annual meeting of the International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety NO Oslo, 22.08.2010
- PREMUS 2010. 7th International Conference on Prevention of Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders FR Angers, 28.08.2010
- 5th China International Forum on Work Safety CN Beijing, 01.09.2010
- Nationale Tagung für betriebliche Gesundheitsförderung 2010 Freiburg - Schweiz, 02.09.2010
