Psychosocial risks

Two recent reports from the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA [1]) examine the situation of social workers in Poland based on extensive qualitative and quantitative research. Since the fall of communism in 1989, social assistance has been distinguished from the Polish health care system and

The study, Impact assessment of mental health on employment for policy development [1] (IAMHE), was partly funded by the European Social Fund [2] to obtain a better understanding of the main obstacles that affect the access, integration, retention and progression at work of those with mental health

As part of the European Social Fund project, ‘The practical implementation in economic spheres and enterprises of regulations regarding working conditions and safety at work’, which began in 2008, the Free Trade Union Confederation of Latvia (LBAS [1]) undertakes a population survey. The aim is to

The National Research Centre for the Working Environment (NFA [1]) recently published the results from a substantial research project entitled ‘Psycho-social work environment, mental health and working capacity (in Danish) [2]’, carried out between 2007 and 2010. The study reveals that work-related

Richard Berglund, a social scientist at the Department of Work Science at the University of Gothenburg [1], followed three companies during four years for his doctoral thesis while these companies introduced ‘lean production’. Lean production entails a continuous process of quality and improvement

The Trades Union Congress (TUC [1]) published the findings from its latest survey of health and safety representatives [2] in October 2010. A major part of the survey is designed to provide an indication of the hazards that health and safety representatives must deal with and the problems they face

Research by the Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia (Inštitut za varovanje zdravja [1]) into the impact of the economic crisis on absenteeism found that those industries reported to be most affected by the crisis also underwent substantial changes in sick leave rates. Analysis of

In February 2011, the French Agency for Studies, Research and Statistics (Dares, [1] part of the Ministry of Work, Employment and Health [2]) published the results of a study (in French, 187Kb PDF) [3] on night work [4] in France in 2009, including a comparison with the extent of night work in 1991