Neoliberal society, safety and health at work

Safety and Health at Work

Background: Young people are at an increased risk for illness in working life. The authorities stipulate certain goals for training in occupational health and safety (OHS) in vocational schools. A previous study concluded that pupils in vocational education had limited knowledge in the prevention of health risks at work. The aim of the current study, therefore, was to study how OHS training is ...

Knowledge at Work: Some Neoliberal Anachronisms

With a predilection for market solutions, neoliberalism upholds that the individual is generally the best judge of his or her interests. Yet markets are never universally applied as a mechanism of allocation and there are reasons, in principle, why capitalism will always have ‘‘missing markets.’’ Concentrating on the application and appropriateness of neoliberal theory to the workplace, this ar...

The Neoliberal Theory of Society

Neoliberalism presents itself as a doctrine based on the inexorable truths of modern economics. However, despite its scientific trappings, modern economics is not a scientific discipline but the rigorous elaboration of a very specific social theory, which has become so deeply embedded in western thought as to have established itself as no more than common sense, despite the fact that its fundam...

World Day for Safety and Health at Work

Skin health and safety at work in Croatian hairdressing apprentices.

BACKGROUND The risk of developing occupational skin disease (OSD) is high in hairdressers, but may differ between countries. OBJECTIVE To evaluate safety at work measures, and the prevalence and severity of skin symptoms and their impact on quality of life (QoL), among Croatian hairdressing apprentices. METHODS Data on self-reported skin symptoms, safety measures and QoL were collected for ...