Download or read book Health at Work Ageing and Environmental Effects on Future Social Security and Labour Law Systems written by Lourdes Mella Méndez and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume analyses the most important problems and challenges that health, age and the environment introduce in the labour market, and how these factors affect both the way people work and their rights. The contributions here focus on the main challenges for social security systems, lawmakers and trade unions, and provide important solutions to improve workers’ rights and guarantee the viability of public social security systems. Other topics analysed here include dress-codes and whistleblowing in companies. From the labour point of view, workers’ representatives and trade unions must take action in collective bargaining to deal with these topics and adequately protect the workforce. The authors here are drawn from countries such as Hungary, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Poland, Brazil and Colombia, providing a global perspective. The book will appeal to lawyers, legal and human resources experts, economists, judges, academics and staff from trade unions and employers’ representation. The volume features insights and contributions in different languages, with chapters in Spanish (13), English (7) and Portuguese (2).

Download or read book Labour Law and the Gig Economy written by Jo Carby-Hall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This international book analyses the impact of digitisation in labour markets, on labour relationships and also on labour processes. The rapid progress of modern disruptive technologies and AIs and their multiple applications to each phase of the labour production system, are changing the production rules on a global scale with significant impacts in every aspect of work. As new technologies transform work patterns and change the type of jobs available - destroying some while creating others - and even the nature of the tasks performed, numerous legal problems arise which are challenging to legislators and legal scholars who need to find appropriate solutions to them. Considering the labour law issues which have been created by technological developments and currently affect the work of millions worldwide, this book highlights the full scope of these issues, suggesting solutions to emerging problems and ways to mitigate the risks brought about through technological advancement. Approaching the present debate with perspectives on legal problems with expertise from a wide range of different countries, this book presents informed and scholarly studies which answer the challenges that new technologies present in labour markets, private lives and labour processes.

Download or read book Occupational Health and Safety written by Sharon Clarke and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Workplace accidents and errors cost organizations hundreds of billions of dollars each year, and the injured workers and their families endure considerable financial and emotional suffering. It's obvious that increasing employee health and safety pays. The accumulating evidence shows that investing in occupational health and safety results in improved financial and social responsibility performance. There are extensive country differences and wide occupational differences in the incidence of accidents and errors. The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that every year there are 2.2 million fatal and 270 million non-fatal accidents or occupational diseases worldwide. Occupational Health and Safety looks at the research into what causes accidents and errors in the workplace. In line with other titles in the series, Occupational Health and Safety emphasizes the psychological and behavioral aspects of risk in organizations. It highlights how organizations differ in their health and safety performance, with case studies throughout and best practices. Key elements focus on: employee selection and training, fostering employee understanding, participation and engagement in health and safety matters, developing a health and safety culture at organizational and group/work unit levels, communicating and reinforcing safe workplace practices and bench-marking one's organization against the industry leaders. The contributors to this volume come from various countries, reflecting unique interest and knowledge in particular areas.

Download or read book Occupational Safety and Hygiene VI written by Pedro M. Arezes and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-03-14 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Occupational Safety and Hygiene VI collects recent papers of selected authors from 21 countries in the domain of occupational safety and hygiene (OSH). The contributions cover a wide range of topics, including: - Occupational safety - Risk assessment - Safety management - Ergonomics - Management systems - Environmental ergonomics - Physical environment - Construction safety, and - Human factors Occupational Safety and Hygiene VI represents the state-of-the-art on the above mentioned domains, and is based on research carried out at universities and other research institutions. Some contributions focus more on practical case studies developed by OSH practitioners within their own companies. Hence, the book provides practical tools and approaches currently used by OHS practitioners in a global context.

Download or read book Ergonomics and Business Policies for the Promotion of Well Being in the Workplace written by Montoya-Reyes, Mildrend and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2022-01-07 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, employee health and well-being have been of increasing importance to companies as they attempt to move toward more sustainable business models and futures. Taking health into account in business policies helps ensure sustainable production systems. The role of ergonomics in companies can contribute to creating a more sustainable work environment, which accelerates the performance of the organization and promotes professional development, impacting the health and well-being of workers in a broad and positive way. Ergonomics and Business Policies for the Promotion of Well-Being in the Workplace presents the new trends in sustainable work through the analysis and application of methods to evaluate and improve the interaction of human beings with their work, their work area, and their environment. Covering topics such as mental health and organizational environments, this publication is ideal for academics, researchers, industry professionals, policymakers, business owners, instructors, and students.

Download or read book Digital Work and Personal Data Protection written by Lourdes Mella Méndez and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gathers contributions related to the most pressing problems and challenges that new information and communications technologies (ICT) and digital platforms introduce into the labour market, and the impact they have on the way that people work, their rights and even their health and dignity. In addition, there are also chapters studying personal data protection, which is currently a topic of maximum interest due to the New European Regulation about it. The contributors here are drawn from around the world, with several countries represented, such as Portugal, Spain, Italy, Brazil, Australia and Venezuela. The book will appeal lawyers, legal and human resources experts, economists, judges, academics and staff from trade unions, and employers’ representation. The volume features insights and contributions in different languages, with chapters in Spanish (12), English (6) and Portuguese (4).

Download or read book Occupational Safety and Hygiene II written by Pedro Arezes and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-01-27 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Occupational Safety and Hygiene II contains selected papers from the International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SHO2014, Guimar Portugal, 13-14 February 2014), which was organized by the Portuguese Society for Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SPOSHO). The contributions focus on selected topics, which include (but is not limited t

Download or read book Psicosociolog a Aplicada a la Prevenci n de Riesgos Laborales written by Juan Antonio Moriano León and published by EDITORIAL SANZ Y TORRES S.L.. This book was released on 2019-11-03 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. La importancia de los riesgos psicosociales El principio básico de la Ley de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales (LPRL, cap. 1, art. 2) es la prevención de los riesgos profesionales para la protección de la seguridad y de la salud, así como la eliminación o disminución de los riesgos derivados del trabajo. En este propósito entran todos los tipos de riesgo y afecta a todos en la misma medida. Sin embargo, la conciencia preventiva y la tolerancia del riesgo es muy diferente ante la exposición a un riesgo físico evidente de accidente, por ejemplo, una caída o atrapamiento, que ante un riesgo psicosocial (ej. estrés o violencia en el trabajo), aunque ambos pueden producir daños a la salud similarmente graves. En general, se acepta como implícito al puesto de trabajo cualquier riesgo psicosocial y si resulta deteriorada la salud del trabajador, la atribución es interna en términos de vulnerabilidad individual (Vega, 2005). Por lo que, no existe todavía suficiente sensibilidad por parte de la mayoría de los actores implicados en la prevención (empresarios, trabajadores, servicios de prevención, técnicos, etc.). La importancia creciente de los riesgos psicosociales proviene del auge del sector servicios. Aunque los riesgos laborales de origen psicosocial no son exclusivos del sector servicios, pues están presentes igualmente en el resto de los sectores productivos (primario y secundario), su manifestación en el sector servicios es claramente prevalente (Moreno y Báez, 2010). Así, la reducción de los accidentes de trabajo viene acompañada de un notable incremento de problemas y trastornos psicológicos. De hecho, el estrés laboral es el segundo problema de salud relacionado con el trabajo más frecuente en Europa después de los trastornos musculoesqueléticos (Agencia Europea para la Seguridad y la Salud en el Trabajo, 2014). En España, el 59% de los trabajadores españoles sufre estrés en el trabajo, según datos del Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), y la media de días de baja por estrés en España oscila entre los 15 y 30 días (INSS, 2017). Además, los cambios en la organización y gestión del trabajo (p. ej., el teletrabajo, la temporalidad o la flexibilidad) están provocando la aparición de riesgos psicosociales emergentes (p. ej., la adicción al trabajo y el presentismo) y nuevos retos en el ámbito de la salud y la seguridad laboral. Así, un estudio prospectivo de la Agencia Europea para la Seguridad y la Salud en el Trabajo (2018) sobre los riesgos nuevos y emergentes asociados a la digitalización, que incluye la robótica y la inteligencia artificial, señala que en 2025 los factores psicosociales serán cada vez más importantes, porque las TIC pueden promover cambios en los tipos de trabajos disponibles, en el ritmo de trabajo (cómo, dónde y cuándo se realiza) y en cómo se gestiona y supervisa. Además, se pronostica un aumento del estrés laboral, especialmente debido al impacto del creciente seguimiento de los trabajadores facilitado por los avances de los dispositivos móviles en entornos distintos de la oficina, la disponibilidad 24/7, la confusión de los límites entre la vida laboral y personal, y la economía de las plataformas de internet. 2. Definición de riesgos psicosociales laborales Los factores psicosociales son condiciones organizacionales del trabajo que pueden afectar a la salud laboral de las personas positiva o negativamente. Por ejemplo, la cultura y el clima organizacional, o el liderazgo pueden desencadenar óptimas o pésimas condiciones de trabajo que tengan consecuencias positivas o negativas para el bienestar de los trabajadores (Moreno y Báez, 2009). En el último caso, cuando los factores organizacionales y psicosociales de las organizaciones (p. ej., contenido del trabajo, sobrecarga y ritmos, horarios, relaciones interpersonales, ambiente y equipos) son disfuncionales generan respuestas de ansiedad que se convierten en factores de riesgo psicosocial que afectan negativamente a la salud y el bienestar de los trabajadores (Benavides et al. 2002), es decir, cuando estos factores organizacionales se materializan como factores desencadenantes de tensión y estrés laboral (Peiró, 1993). Por lo general, tienen características propias: a) se extienden en el espacio y el tiempo. b) son difíciles de objetivar; c) afectan a los otros riesgos; d) tienen escasa cobertura legal e) están moderados por otros factores; y f) es difícil intervenir sobre ellos (Moreno y Báez, 2009). No debemos confundir los factores de riesgo psicosocial con los riesgos psicosociales laborales. Un riesgo psicosocial laboral (p. ej., estrés, acoso laboral, acoso sexual, conciliación trabajo-familia) es un hecho, un acontecimiento, una situación o un estado resultado del diseño del puesto de trabajo, de la organización y de la gestión del trabajo que tiene el potencial de causar daño psicológico o físico a la salud y al bienestar de los trabajadores (p. ej., Cox, Griffithm y Rial-González; Gil-Monte, 2012), aunque los efectos sean diferenciales en cada trabajador. Las características definitorias de los riesgos psicosociales son que: a) afectan a los derechos fundamentales del trabajador; b) tienen efectos globales sobre la salud del trabajador; c) afectan a la salud mental de los trabajadores; d) tienen formas de cobertura legal (Moreno y Báez, 2009). Las causas más frecuentes son un deterioro de las características de la tarea (p. ej., cantidad y ritmo de trabajo, falta de precisión, monotonía), de las características de la organización (p. ej., procesos de socialización y desarrollo de carrera, estilo de liderazgo), de las características del empleo (p. ej., salario, estabilidad en el empleo, pérdida de estatus, pérdida de prestigio); y de organización del tiempo de trabajo (p. ej., turnos rotatorios, tipo de jornada). Es evidente, que la exposición a este tipo de riesgos no deteriora significativamente la salud del trabajador; no obstante, supone una tensión psicológica continua que, a largo plazo, puede cronificarse (Gil-Monte, 2012). Como se ha citado con anterioridad, actualmente se suele hablar de riesgos psicosociales emergentes, es decir, cualquier riesgo causado por nuevos procesos, tecnologías, avances científicos o percepciones sociales. Estos riesgos psicosociales emergentes se agrupan en cinco ámbitos (Gil-Monte, 2012): a) Nuevas formas de contratación laboral (p. ej., contratos precarios, subcontratación e inseguridad en el puesto de trabajo) que pueden aumentar los niveles de estrés y ansiedad del trabajador. b) Envejecimiento de la población laboral activa y retraso en la edad de jubilación, que la hace más sensible a la carga mental y emocional. c) Intensificación del trabajo (p. ej., manejo de una gran cantidad de información, mayor presión en el entorno laboral). d) Alta exigencia emocional en el trabajo y un aumento del acoso psicológico y de la violencia (sobre todo, en el sector sanitario). e) Desequilibrio y conflicto entre la vida laboral y personal, debido a la falta de ajuste entre las condiciones de trabajo y la vida privada de las personas. 3. La prevención de los riesgos psicosociales En toda la gestión de la prevención de riesgos laborales hay un factor humano donde reside la clave de los comportamientos seguros. En la medida que la gestión eficiente de los comportamientos seguros se extienda, se reducirán y/o evitaran accidentes, enfermedades profesionales y bajas laborales, y, en consecuencia, unos cuantiosos costes sociales y económicos. Así, en Europa el estrés cuesta cada año cerca de 705 billones de euros, por lo que una reducción de los riesgos psicosociales incrementaría, a su vez, la productividad de las empresas (Agencia Europea para la Seguridad y la Salud en el Trabajo, 2009). De hecho, se calcula que por cada euro que se invierte en reducir los riesgos psicosociales, las empresas retornan cinco. El principal motivo es que buena parte de las intervenciones preventivas se basan en mejoras de los sistemas de trabajo y de la eficacia organizacional (definición clara de los puestos de trabajo, aumento de la formación de los empleados, etc.), por lo que salud y productividad no son incompatibles. Acorde con lo anterior, el objetivo final de los programas y las actividades de prevención de los riesgos laborales ha de ser llegar a consolidar una auténtica cultura de la seguridad en el trabajo. Por cultura de seguridad se entienden las actitudes y valores de los integrantes de la organización y de la propia empresa en aquellos aspectos relativos a la seguridad. Así, la forma de entender la seguridad laboral se concretaría en un conjunto de comportamientos cotidianos. En las empresas, pues, se deberían plantean actividades que refuercen la cultura de seguridad de los trabajadores, mediante la promoción de una conciencia individual acerca del impacto de los riesgos y accidentes tanto en los productos y servicios ofrecidos por la empresa, como en el propio bienestar de los trabajadores. Para resumir, una cultura de seguridad fuerte conllevaría no sólo un impacto directo en la disminución del número de accidentes laborales, sino una influencia indirecta en la productividad de la empresa y en su competitividad frente a otras dentro de su nicho de mercado. Si la organización es capaz de eliminar los errores que están en el origen de muchos riesgos laborales, a la vez se eliminarían los costes subsiguientes, los que a su vez estarían asociados a una falta de calidad en productos y servicios. Así, además de mejorar la calidad de sus contribuciones, también se protegería el bienestar de las personas y se avanzaría en la línea del desarrollo sostenible de la organización (Di Fabio y Peiró, 2018). Los contenidos de este manual están orientados a la aplicación de psicosociología a prevención de riesgos laborales. En los primeros capítulos se aborda el estrés laboral, el síndrome de burnout y la violencia en el trabajo, para centrarse más adelante en la evaluación de los riesgos psicosociales y de sus consecuencias, así como el papel crucial que tiene el liderazgo en la prevención de riesgos laborales. En la segunda parte, los capítulos tratan temáticas más específicas como la adicción al trabajo y el presentismo, y el impacto de la diversidad organizacional en función del género y la edad en los riesgos psicosociales. Cierran el presente libro dos capítulos novedosos, uno de ellos centrado en los procesos de recuperación del trabajo y en los riesgos psicosociales en las emergencias sanitarias. Todo ello orientado a ofrecer una perspectiva amplia y basada en la investigación empírica más reciente para comprender y prevenir los riesgos psicosociales en el trabajo.

Download or read book Evaluating Mental Workload for Improved Workplace Performance written by Realyvásquez-Vargas, Arturo and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Employees of different labor sectors are involved in different projects and pressed to deliver results in a specific period of time, which increases their mental workload. This increase can lead to a high mental workload, which in turn leads to a decline in job performance. Therefore, strategies for managing mental workload and promoting mental health have become necessary for corporate success. Evaluating Mental Workload for Improved Workplace Performance is a critical scholarly book that provides comprehensive research on mental workload and the effects, both adverse and positive, that it can have on employee populations as well as strategies for decreasing or deleting it from the labor sector. Highlighting an array of topics such as psychosocial factors, critical success factors (CSF), and technostress, this book is ideal for academicians, researchers, managers, ergonomists, engineers, industrial designers, industry practitioners, and students.

Download or read book Human Interaction Emerging Technologies and Future Systems V written by Tareq Ahram and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 1316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reports on research and developments in human–technology interaction. A special emphasis is given to human–computer interaction and its implementation for a wide range of purposes such as health care, aerospace, telecommunication, and education, among others. The human aspects are analyzed in detail. Timely studies on human-centered design, wearable technologies, social and affective computing, augmented, virtual and mixed reality simulation, human rehabilitation, and biomechanics represent the core of the book. Emerging technology applications in business, security, and infrastructure are also critically examined, thus offering a timely, scientifically grounded, but also professionally oriented snapshot of the current state of the field. The book gathers contributions presented at the 5th International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies (IHIET 2021, August 27–29, 2021) and the 6th International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies: Future Systems (IHIET-FS 2021, October 28–30, 2021), held virtually from France. It offers a timely survey and a practice-oriented reference guide to researchers and professionals dealing with design, systems engineering, and management of the next-generation technology and service systems.

Download or read book Employment Contracts and Well Being Among European Workers written by Nele De Cuyper and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Temporary employment contracts are now commonplace in business. However the move towards such employment structures has a significant, and hitherto little understood impact on 'the psychological contract' between employee and organizations. This book is amongst the first to tackle this problem. With detailed research findings from seven countries: Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the UK and (for a non-European perspective) Israel, it presents an integrated model of the effects of temporary work. The model incorporates key recent trends, including the expansion of non-permanent employment as a persistent form of employment flexibility, the increasing importance of the psychological contract, and the diversity of the European labour market as a result of state legislation. By presenting the results of an overview of the research literature on this contemporary labour market trend this book is of real value to researchers, practitioners and policy makers.

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Download or read book Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association IEA 2021 written by Nancy L. Black and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 879 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021), held online on June 13-18, 2021. By highlighting the latest theories and models, as well as cutting-edge technologies and applications, and by combining findings from a range of disciplines including engineering, design, robotics, healthcare, management, computer science, human biology and behavioral science, it provides researchers and practitioners alike with a comprehensive, timely guide on human factors and ergonomics. It also offers an excellent source of innovative ideas to stimulate future discussions and developments aimed at applying knowledge and techniques to optimize system performance, while at the same time promoting the health, safety and wellbeing of individuals. The proceedings include papers from researchers and practitioners, scientists and physicians, institutional leaders, managers and policy makers that contribute to constructing the Human Factors and Ergonomics approach across a variety of methodologies, domains and productive sectors. This volume includes papers addressing the following topics: Healthcare Ergonomics, Health and Safety, Musculoskeletal Disorders, HF/E Contribution to cope with Covid-19.

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Download or read book Spanish Tourism Geographies written by Asunción Blanco-Romero and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-09-30 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview of the progress in Spanish tourism geography, particularly after the overlay of financial, pandemic and climate crisis, by the scrutiny of the different geographical areas and variables of analysis. It shows the diversity of geographical environments and their varied relationship with tourism, from the emptied inland regions to urban heritage in historic centres to coastal resorts. The book also introduces the analysis of the most important variables when studying the implications of Spanish tourist specialization. How are the beaches with intensive tourist use managed? What socio-spatial processes do leisure-rooted migrations involve? What are the labour conditions in the Spanish tourism industry? How does saving water boost tourism growth? The book offers answers through a methodological specificity of Spanish geography, which is highly oriented towards the analysis of public policies and even the proposal of new planning and methodology formulas that go beyond diagnostic studies. The domestic perspective, or that of insiders, of these scientists residing in Spain bestows them with special codes for conducting interpretations and analyses based on their everyday proximity to a territory characterised by its intense touristification. The tourism and real estate specialisation that Spanish society, together with its territory and institutions, have forged since the beginning of “developmentalism” permeates this scientific analysis. By providing a strong conceptual and empirical portrait, this book is a great resource for students and scholars in geography of tourism, as well as for social scientists and policy makers.