Psychosocial risks

In April 2006, the Women’s Institute (Instituto de la Mujer, IM [1]), an autonomous organisation under the Spanish Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs (Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales, MTAS [2]), published a report entitled /Sexual harassment of women in the workplace/ (El acoso

In April 2006, the Financial Services Union [1] (Finansforbundet), in cooperation with the Danish Centre for Alternative Social Analysis (Center for Alternativ Samfundsanalyse, CASA [2]), published the results of an investigation of the working life and psychosocial work environment (in Danish, 2

In 2004, the Internationale Institut für Empirische Sozialökonomie (INIFES [1]), in cooperation with the research company TNS Infratest Sozialforschung [2], conducted an ad-hoc survey on the issue What is good work? Requirements from the perspective of employed people (in German, 592Kb PDF) [3]. The

At the request of the Luxembourg Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (Onofhängege Gewerkschafts-Bond Lëtzebuerg, OGB-L [1]), a survey of occupational stress (in French, 3Mb PDF) [2] was carried out in late 2005 among a representative sample of the working population in Luxembourg. It revealed

The recent study Burnout in human service work – causes and consequences (784 Kb PDF) [1] has yielded some interesting insights into the causes of burnout among social services workers (Borritz, 2006). The study is significant, not only because it involves the first mapping of burnout in Denmark

A recent report by Juha Antila, of the Ministry of Labour, investigates the perceived significance of work in Finland. Although work and working conditions [1] have changed a great deal in the past few years, employees’ opinions on job satisfaction have remained stable: people are relatively

Mental health disorders are the main cause of inflow into the disability benefit system in the Netherlands, at 30%. The annual costs are estimated to be about 1% of gross national product (GNP). Moreover, musculoskeletal disorders account for a further 20% or more of the disability inflow.

During the last 10 years, the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment developed an extensive sectoral approach to risk management. Many sectors participated over the period, with the social partners in each sector and the Ministry sharing responsibility for the interventions and the costs