Working Conditions and Anxiety. An Analysis on the Sixth European Working Conditions Survey Data

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

Long Working Hours in Korea: Based on the 2014 Korean Working Conditions Survey

Background Long working hours adversely affect worker safety and health. In 2004, Korea passed legislation that limited the work week to 40 hours, in an effort to improve quality-of-life and increase business competitiveness. This regulation was implemented in stages, first for large businesses and then for small businesses, from 2004 to 2011. We previously reported that average weekly working ...

Mental Health and Working Conditions in European Countries

Mental Health and Working Conditions in European Countries Increased pressure for labour market flexibility and increasing demand over workers’ performance have fostered the idea that working conditions, in most European countries, have progressively deteriorated with adverse effects on psychological well being and mental health. This paper investigates the links between contractual arrangement...

Enhancing working conditions

Introduction Research in the manufacturing and retail sectors has demonstrated a link between human resource management (HRM) practices and productivity. Researchers have demonstrated that organizations that promote practices that encourage workers' abilities, motivation and opportunities achieve better outcomes. Within the health sector similar links have been proposed and used to explain vari...

Measuring employment precariousness in the European Working Conditions Survey: the social distribution in Europe.

BACKGROUND Precarious employment is becoming an increasingly important social determinant of health inequalities among workers. The way in which contemporary employment arrangements and their health consequences are addressed in empirical research is mostly based on the contract-related or employment instability dimension. A broader conceptual approach including various important characteristic...