Psychosocial risks

The National Surveillance System for Work Environment and Occupational Health (Nasjonal overvåking av arbeidsmiljø og -helse, NOA [1]) was established in Norway in 2006. Its first comprehensive report or fact book (in Norwegian) [2] on the status of and trends in the work environment and

In May 2007, the International Labour Organization (ILO [1]) published the second Global Report on discrimination as part of the follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work [2]. The report, entitled Equality at work: Tackling the challenges (1.7Mb PDF) [3], examines

The Health at Work Observatory (Observatorio de Salud Laboral [1]) is a joint initiative promoted by the Trade Union Institute for Labour, Health and Social Affairs (Instituto Sindical de Trabajo, Ambiente y Salud, Istas [2]), the Mutual Insurance Group (Unión de Mutuas [3]) and the Pompeu Fabra

The National Research Centre for the Working Environment, formerly the National Institute of Occupational Health, has conducted the fourth Danish Work Environment Cohort Study (DWECS) covering the five-year period 2000–2005. The 2005 results indicate no clear trend of overall better or worse

In 2003, some 70.9% of employees – representing 63% of male employees and 80% of female employees – reported working in contact with customers, clients, patients, students or other members of the public. This total compared with 63.3% of employees in 1994 when the previous SUMER (/Surveillance

The French Institute for Health Surveillance (Institut de veille sanitaire, InVS [1]) is a governmental organisation reporting to the Ministry of Health, Youth and Sport (Ministère de la santé, de la Jeunesse et des Sports [2]). Over the past 10 years, InVS has developed a comprehensive programme of

Corporate consultancy is a typical field of so-called post-Taylorist work forms. Despite its economic importance today, not much evidence exists concerning the working conditions in the sector. In 2005 and 2006, the Working Life Research Centre (Forschungs- und Beratungsstelle Arbeitswelt, FORBA [1]

In Denmark, stress has a high priority status on the public agenda. Much research has been carried out and it is estimated that about 10%–12% of the employees are seriously stressed (DK0704019I [1]). Despite the issue of stress becoming an increased problem among employees, no national strategy has