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DIW: Is a Temporary Job Better than Unemployment?

On May 8, 2013 · 1 Comment • Tagged With: Fair Employment, Income & Social Protection, Report
Is a temporary Job Better than Unemployment? This is the question tackled by this newly published paper by DIW Berlin. Using British, German, and Swiss panel data for the period of 1991–2009 this paper analyses the integrative power of taking up a temporary job for unempl oyed workers aged 15-54 as compared to the situation [...]
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OSHA Literature reviews on motivating factors for workplace health promotion

On January 18, 2013 · Add Comment • Tagged With: Fair Employment, Report
Two new literature reviews published by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work look at the factors motivating employers and workers to carry out and participate in workplace health promotion (WHP) activities. As people spend significant amount of time at work, workplaces are an important setting for health promotion programmes. A review of [...]
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From Homelessness to Employment: Interim Keeping Work Report

On December 19, 2012 · Add Comment • Tagged With: Fair Employment, Income & Social Protection, Report
Broadway’s Interim Keeping Work report has been published. It  explores the experiences of 50 current or recently homeless people as they move into work, through in-depth interviews. It aims to identify what helps homeless people move into and sustain work, what difficulties they face, and what might make it easier for them to sustain [...]
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DRIVERS interview with Prof. Johannes Siegrist

On December 14, 2012 · 1 Comment • Tagged With: Fair Employment, Interview
Prof. Johannes Siegrist Professor of Medical Sociology at the University of Düsseldorf Work Package Leader ‘Fair Employment’    1) What have been the main academic issues your team has worked on in the past? “Our team has worked for several years on what aspects of modern work and employment conditions are important [...]
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Drivers and barriers for psychosocial risk management: An analysis of the findings of the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks

On October 29, 2012 · Add Comment • Tagged With: Fair Employment, Report
In 2009, EU-OSHA carried out the first Europe-wide establishment survey on health and safety at the workplace, the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER). Following on from the initial analysis presented in the descriptive overview report in 2010, four secondary analysis projects have been carried out in 2011. This report focuses [...]
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The Lancet: Work stress can raise risk of heart attack by 23 per cent

On September 14, 2012 · Add Comment • Tagged With: Fair Employment, Report
People with stressful jobs but little real control over decision making have a 23% increased risk of a heart attack, according to new research published in the Lancet. Thirteen European cohort studies, covering 200,000 people were followed for an average of 7.5 years, during which time there were close to 2,400 heart attacks or other [...]
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