Around 15,000 members of the Confederation of White-Collar Workers and Crown Servants (FTF [1]) responded to a questionnaire on psychosocial working conditions, a response rate of 65%. FTF members are mainly employed in the public and private sectors, and include police officers, care providers and
The National Research Centre for the Working Environment has conducted a new cohort study entitled Working Environment and Health in Denmark 2012–2020 (WEHD), which is a continuation of the former Danish Working Environment Cohort Study (DWECS). Results from 2012 serve as baseline measurements due
An investigation into long-term sick leave by Denmark’s National Research Centre for the Working Environment (NRCWE [1]) has examined which strategies are most effective in helping employees on long-term sick leave back to work. The research was carried out through the ‘Back to work’ (TTA [2])
The report Health and Morbidity in Denmark 2010 – & developments since 1987 (in Danish, 12.12Kb PDF) [1], is the fifth study conducted by the Danish National Institute of Public Health (NIPH [2]) among the adult Danish population since 1987. [1] http://www.si-folkesundhed.dk/upload/susy_2010_til
A new book, Elderly care in transition: Management, meaning and identity at work. A Scandinavian perspective, published by Copenhagen Business School Press, discusses how care of the elderly in Scandinavia has been transformed by the modernisation of the public sector. This reflects the reduction in
The latest statistics on industrial injuries (in Danish, 406Kb PDF) [1] from the Danish National Board of Industrial Injuries (Arbejdsskadestyrelsen [2]) cover the period 2003 to 2009. The figures show that industrial injuries are different for men and women in terms of: [1] http://ask.dk/Presse-og
The fifth Danish Work Environment Cohort Study, carried out in 2010 by the National Research Centre for the Working Environment, revealed both improvements and a decline in conditions for Danish workers. Compared with 2005, there was a significant increase in the number of people experiencing
The National Research Centre for the Working Environment (NFA [1]) recently published the results from a substantial research project entitled ‘Psycho-social work environment, mental health and working capacity (in Danish) [2]’, carried out between 2007 and 2010. The study reveals that work-related
Supplementing the Danish National Working Conditions Survey (DWECS), the Danish National Working Environment Survey (DANES) makes it possible to assess changes in the Danish working environment between 2005 and 2008. The main findings of DANES 2008 highlight a continuation of trends identified in
The establishment of the Danish Board of Equal Treatment (Ligebehandlingsnævnet [1]) in 2009 made it possible for people to lodge complaints about all discrimination-related issues covered by EU legislation. In addition to gender and ethnicity, the issues that people could file complaints over were