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Working conditions and workers' health

13 May 2019

This report uses European Working Conditions Survey data to examine working conditions and their implications for worker’s health. Ensuring the sustainability of work in the context of ageing populations implies a greater number of people in employment who can remain in the workforce for longer. The report examines the interplay between work demands – which carry an increased risk of exhaustion – and work resources – which support workers in greater engagement and well-being. The findings indicate that physical risks have not increased but remain important, while emotional demands have increased, underlining the growing importance of psychosocial risks at work. Changes over time suggest that although the risk of poor health is concentrated in certain occupations, those occupations traditionally considered to be protected are increasingly exposed to risks that are likely to affect workers’ health and well-being.
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Authors

Kubicek, Bettina, Paškvan, Matea, Prem, Roman, Schöllbauer, Julia, Till, Matthias, Cabrita, Jorge, Parent-Thirion, Agnès, Wilkens, Mathijn, Eurofound

Catalogue no
TJ-04-19-360-EN-N
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2806/909840
ISBN
978-92-897-1846-2
Number of pages
80
Permalink
eurofound.link/ef18041
Published in
Ireland
Reference no
EF18041

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