CAN FAVOURABLE WORKING CONDITIONS HELP CHRONICALLY ILL WORKERS TO EXTEND THEIR WORKING LIVES?

Can favourable psychosocial working conditions in midlife moderate the risk of work exit for chronically ill workers? A 20-year follow-up of the Whitehall II study

OBJECTIVES To investigate if favourable psychosocial working conditions can reduce the risk of work exit and specifically for workers with chronic disease. METHODS Men and women (32%) aged 35-55, working and having no chronic disease at baseline of the Whitehall II study of London-based civil servants were selected (n=9040). We observed participants' exit from work through retirement, health-...

Employment and working conditions of migrant workers

Employment and working conditions of migrant workers

Working Lives & Adult Education

The case is made for a politically and culturally engaged critical pedagogy of work, placing it within the historical legacy of adult education. Prompted by the Work and Learning Network initiative at the University of Alberta, this paper marks a renewal of the author’s interest in the discourse on education and the world of work. The critical commentaries on education and work in Critical Cros...

How can audio technology improve working conditions?

Hearing is one of the most important human senses. The fact that we can perceive sound helps us to locate and classify sound sources and forms the basis of our speech communication. The healthy hearing system is astonishingly robust towards adverse acoustic conditions such as background noise, competing speech or reverberation. In modern societies, however, hearing deficiencies are widely sprea...