The findings of a 2005 study by the Labour Institute (INE) of the Greek General Confederation of Labour (GSEE) and the Confederation of Public Servants (ADEDY) reveal significant problems in Greece as regards the implementation of legislation on health and safety at work. Risk prevention...

The latest population time use survey indicates changes in the profile of time use in Latvia in 2003, compared with 1996. In 2003, all workers used a greater part of the total weekly time budget (168 hours) for personal care and sleep; however, men spent a greater part of the total time in paid...

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...

Casting the spotlight on the gender dimension in the workplace inevitably leads to an exploration of the different gendered elements of the experience of work in Europe. With this aim in mind, this paper will draw from the findings of the report Gender and working conditions in the European...

In conjunction with the launch of the European campaign on musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), the European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO) of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, in cooperation with the Portuguese EU Presidency, organised a...

This quality report describes the various quality aspects of the 4th European working conditions survey in 31 European countries. It is based on reports dispatched from the coordinating organisation to the Foundation, on site audits and on the dataset itself. The primary aim of this document is...

Gewalt am Arbeitsplatz hat eine Vielzahl von Erscheinungsformen. Die Vielfalt der negativen Verhaltensweisen, die unter dem allgemeinen Begriff der Gewalt am Arbeitsplatz zusammengefasst werden, ist so groß und verschiedenartig, dass es schwierig ist, einen einheitlichen und integrierten Ansatz...

Ziel dieser Studie ist die Bereitstellung der erforderlichen Informationen, um den sektoralen sozialen Dialog im Bereich der darstellenden Kunst zu fördern. Im Rahmen der auf Ersuchen der Europäischen Kommission von der EIRO durchgeführten Reihe von Repräsentativitätsstudien sollen die...

The aim of this working paper is to provide information about the working conditions and in-service training opportunities of early childhood education and care (ECEC) workers and to describe how these factors are linked to outcomes for children. This paper is part of the research project...

Diese Studie stellt Informationen bereit, die den sektoralen sozialen Dialog im Energieversorgungssektor fördern sollen. In der Studie wird zunächst ein Überblick über den wirtschaftlichen Hintergrund und die Beschäftigungssituation des Sektor gegeben, dann werden die Organisationen der...