In the past, the division of labour was absolute: women ruled the house and men ruled the labour market. However, in the 1960s this picture began to change. Women entered the labour market and the traditional male ‘breadwinner’ model changed to a dual earner model. This evolution was distinctive in
A study entitled Better psychosocial work environment: A study of workplace interventions [1] assesses the strategy defined in the law about the evaluation of the working environment. The study is part of the BEST-practice research project carried out by the National Research Centre for the Working
High labour demand among companies in Denmark has created an opportunity to hire on the basis of greater social responsibility, with people who would normally be on social benefits because of a disability being employed. Against this background, and due to a lack of information on the subject, the
In February 2008, the Danish National Centre for Social Research (Socialforskningsinstituttet, SFI [1]) published its annual report on the Social responsibility of Danish enterprises (in Danish, 9.89Mb PDF) [2]. The study is based on interviews and structured questionnaires completed by the human