Psychosocial risks

The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions has carried out its third survey of working conditions in the European Union, publishing its preliminary results [1] on 15 December 2000. The survey relates to 2000 and is based on data collected from 21,500 individual face

In early 2001, the Portuguese parliament is considering new legislation to prevent "psychological terrorism" and "moral harassment" - essentially bullying (or "mobbing") - at the workplace. The draft law has been prompted by increased concern in political and trade union concerns about the number of

An interdisciplinary research project on modern working and living conditions for women and men [1] (Moderna arbets- och livsvillkor för kvinnor och män, MOA), aimed at developing policies and methods better adjusted to modern working and living conditions, has been carried out recently in

In June 1999, the Swedish government appointed a commissioner to analyse the issue of the rehabilitation of workers who have become incapacitated - Gerhard Larsson, the former head of Samlhall, a governmental rehabilitation organisation (SE9907177N [1]). On 30 August 2000, Mr Larrson presented his

The findings of a pilot study into workplace safety and health risks were published on 21 September 2000 by the EU's European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, based in Bilbao, Spain. The report, entitled The state of occupational safety and health in the European Union [1], was produced at the

In summer 2000, it became clear that increasing numbers of young people, and especially women, are now claiming WAO disability benefit in the Netherlands, and that they are suffering disproportionately from psychological complaints. These trends have caused some alarm among the the government and

Nine out of 10 white-collar workers say that they work against the clock in their daily tasks; 40% often skip their lunch break and other breaks due to lack of time; and 65% do not have time enough to finish their tasks properly. These are among the findings of a report - entitled /Stressed out

The National Labour Council [1] (Nationale Arbeidsraad/Conseil National du Travail, NAR/CNT) was established by law in 1952. It is a bipartite body in which the employers' and workers' organisations are equally represented. One of its main competences is to advise the national authorities