European Countries Social and Working Conditions Association with Fatal and Non-fatal Occupational Accidents

2017 ◽  
pp. 86-98
Author(s):  
Denis A. Coelho
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Occupational Accidents

Development of Risk Assessment Methodology for Occupational Safety in Using Work Observation Technique

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi Shinoda ◽  
Takashi Tanaka
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Accidents ◽  
Assessment Procedure ◽  
Assessment Methodology ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
The Past ◽  
Walking Environment ◽  
Risk Assessment Methodology

It is a challenge to prevent an occupational accident in any industrial activities. The aim of this study is to improve the safety and reduce the risk of occupational accidents at shipyard through developing a risk assessment. This paper describes the concept and methodology of risk assessment for occupational safety and its application. The methodology introduces an effective and useful assessment procedure to construct the database based on the past occupational accidents occurred at shipyards. Quantitative methodology is developed to understand the unsafe working conditions and environment at the shipyard by the convenient handheld to collect the data with Information Technology. Some examples of effective hazard countermeasures are suggested and a feasibility study is conducted to improve a walking environment at shipyards.

Psychosocial working conditions and psychological well-being among employees in 34 European countries

2014 ◽  
Vol 87 (8) ◽  
pp. 897-907 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefanie Schütte ◽  
Jean-François Chastang ◽  
Lucile Malard ◽  
Agnès Parent-Thirion ◽  
Greet Vermeylen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Well Being ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Psychosocial Working Conditions

scholarly journals Another Brick in the Wall? Young people, Protest and Nonprotest Claims Making in Nine European Countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (5) ◽  
pp. 669-685
Author(s):  
Angelos Loukakis ◽  
Martín Portos
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
European Countries ◽  
The Political ◽  
Moral Panics ◽  
Tuition Fees ◽  
Political Status ◽  
Labor Market Reforms ◽  
Neoliberal Policies

The implementation of austerity and neoliberal policies has disrupted everyday life for a significant number of Europeans, especially among young people. Rising tuition fees, labor market reforms, levels of unemployment, precarious working conditions, and discontent toward the political status quo have contributed to increase moral panics and outrage, which have often triggered mass protests. This article analyses whether and to what extent young Europeans express their demands via protest claims across nine European countries ( N = 4,525). We argue that examining political (institutional and discursive) opportunities and claims’ attributes (such as actors, issues, targets) is important to understand whether a youth-related claim takes a protest form or not.

scholarly journals ON THE QUESTION OF LABOR SAFETY IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF MODERN HOUSES ON WATER

2021 ◽  
pp. 58-64
Author(s):  
L.M. DIDENKO ◽  
H.О. KLYMENKO ◽  
A.S. BAHLAI ◽  
N.I. LEBEDEVA-CHASHCHYHINA
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
The United States ◽  
Engineering Industry ◽  
Occupational Accidents ◽  
Injury Rates ◽  
Floating Base ◽  
Hazardous Production ◽  
Labor Safety ◽  
Bodies Of Water ◽  
Safe Working

Problem statement. Architecture near rivers and other bodies of water reflects the artistic and stylistic features of cities. Modern surface architecture has been devided in two large groups and includes a large number of typological units. The first group is large hydraulic structures (canals, dams, locks, bridges). The second group are the buildings and structures with social and housing functions. Despite the different purposes, the objects of this group have a common structural scheme, which is represented by two components: a floating base and a superstructure [1]. Today buildings on water are very popular all over the world. The main reasons for this are overpopulation of the territory, high taxes on land and others. Such buildings are popular in Germany, the Netherlands, Great Britain, the United States of America, Venice, France, India, the Czech Republic and others. In Ukraine, the construction of buildings on water is promising and may become popular for the following reasons: rather short term of order implementation; long service life (up to 50 years); a large number of mooring places; closeness to nature; privacy of rest and others [2]. Due to the fact that the process of erecting buildings on water is quite complicated and covers several branches of production at once, consideration of the issue of ensuring safe working conditions is relevant and necessary. Also, this issue has its own specifics associated with the selection of workers and ensuring safety when working on water. Purpose of the article is an analysis of the state of safety and organization of safe working conditions during the erection of modern buildings on the water. Conclusions. 1. Fatal injury rates in the construction industry have consistently exceeded those in the mechanical engineering industry in recent years. At the same time, the indicators of fatal injuries in recent years have a tendency to increase and constancy in both industries. 2. The percentage of the main causes of occupational accidents is almost constant. The influence of the main hazardous production factors associated with the construction of buildings on water, for the most part, leads to the occurrence of accidents. 3. Drawing up recommendations for the safe implementation of consistently all stages of the construction of buildings on water is an important issue of our time, since such construction has great development prospects in our country.

Business History in Europe: The Vitality of the Discipline

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-336
Author(s):  
Harm G. Schröter
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Business History ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
General Expansion

AbstractThis contribution is NOT about the substantial achievements or the possible omissions of business historians in Europe in the last decades, but rather about the conditions of their work, its appreciation by persons outside the discipline, and its importance in a (mainly) scholarly context: in short, how important is business history to us business historians as well as to others? It is based on information provided by more than 80 colleagues from 19 European countries. Differences and similarities in the structure of the discipline and its demand and desirability are mentioned. The argument is that, though business history is not immediately threatened, it has not been able to keep pace with the general expansion of institutional teaching and research. There are no simple remedies for this relative institutional stagnation, but it is hoped that the initiatives proposed will stimulate discussion and that they might even lead to a revitalization of working-conditions of the discipline.

scholarly journals Platform Work as an Important New Form of Labour in Croatia

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-171
Author(s):  
Predrag Bejaković ◽  
Peter Gladoić Håkansson
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
Regulatory Frameworks ◽  
New Form

Abstract Recently, developments in digital technology have fuelled the emergence of online platforms that match the supply and demand of goods and services. In most European countries, platform work is still small, but it is strongly and rapidly developing. The types of work offered through platforms are ever-increasing, as are the challenges for existing regulatory frameworks. However, we still know very little about platform work, and there is a lack of understanding of the challenges regarding the working conditions and social protection of platform workers. Employers’ and employees’ organizations so far have no sharp solutions, and the Croatian government seems to prioritize other political issues. Although stakeholders are usually informed, the discussion about regulating platform employment and its possible widespread persistence has not started yet in the majority of EU countries. Particular attention in this paper is dedicated to the situation and determinants of platform work in Croatia.

scholarly journals The feminisation of precarity Poland compared to other countries

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 119-135
Author(s):  
Dominika Polkowska
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
The Other ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Decent Life ◽  
Universal Feature ◽  
The One

Precarity applies to people who, in order to survive, need to work in a low-quality job, which is uncertain, temporary, low-paid, with no prospect of promotion, no security and no contract. In this sense, the precariat is a category related mostly to the secondary segments of the labour market according to the concept of the dual labour market. It is also the universal feature of Post-Fordism and the modern working conditions in which women, more often than men are located in the “worst” segment of the labour market. In this context, it is worth noting that since the beginning of the era of globalisation, women have mostly worked in the sectors more uncertain and unstable e.g., in the service industries and trade. It has been feminisation in a double sense of the word: there have been more and more working women, on the one hand, and on the other hand, women have usually taken the flexible jobs. Most of these jobs are precarious work. Precarity combined with job insecurity and low wages leaves the workforce in this group unable to plan for their future or afford a decent life. This article attempts to prove that the threat of precarity is more probable for women than men. This claim is supported by the OECD and Eurostat data on precarity for Poland and other European countries.

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