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Publication tagged with "Psychosocial risks and stress + COVID-19 + ICT/digitalisation + Good OSH is good for business"
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has recently published Working Time and Work-Life Balance Around the World, report that looks at the two main aspects of working time: working hours and working time arrangements and the effects of both on business...
Topic of this year’s e-tools networking event was the use of digital technology, especially wearables, for Risk Assessment in the context of Occupational Safety and Health. Four speakers were invited to introduce the topic and present examples used...
As a consequence of the COVID-19 crisis, millions of workers across Europe and beyond have been required to stay home and work from there, making of teleworking a long-term possibility in many companies. Teleworking has helped businesses evolve and survive the...
There is clear evidence that psychosocial risk factors play a causal role in the development of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in the workplace. The executive summary - Musculoskeletal disorders: association with psychosocial risk factors at work - now...
Data collected by digital devices at the workplace can be used to make increase performance and make workplaces more productive and safe. But similarly, employers might use this data to invade privacy or make unfair decisions affecting their workers. This...
A series of discussion papers and articles review the impact that psychosocial risk factors (e.g. excessive workload) can have on the development of a musculoskeletal disorder (MSD). This includes a publication that reviews the effect that digitalisation is having on workers’ exposure to physical risk factors (e.g. repetitive tasks) for work-related MSDs. The publications also...
Maintaining a healthy and productive health and care workforce is essential to delivering safe, high-quality, patient-centered care to populations worldwide. A new report by the Qatar Foundation, World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), in collaboration with...
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has published a new training curriculum to continue to strengthen the capacity of labour inspectorates globally and to assist in building effective and efficient national labour inspection systems. “Building Modern...
More than four out of ten workers (44%) say that their work stress has increased as a result of the pandemic, according to EU-OSHA’s workers’ survey OSH Pulse – occupational safety and health in post-pandemic workplaces. EU-OSHA publishes the survey findings to mark World Mental Health Day, on 10 October. They shine a light on mental and physical health stressors for workers...
Observed every year on 12 October, the World Arthritis Day calls for better understanding and awareness of the impact of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs). The global campaign is led by EULAR, an EU-OSHA partner of the Healthy Workplaces Campaign Lighten the Load. This year, EULAR brings the focus on worrying ‘pain points’ such as the difficulty of getting...
New research published by EU-OSHA finds evidence for an association between psychosocial risk factors and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). Drawing on the latest European data on the impact of mental wellbeing, researchers review how psychosocial risks can contribute to and exacerbate MSDs, and MSDs can be associated with psychosocial factors. They provide recommendations for...