scholarly journals Work and the Shema

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-61
Author(s):  
Stuart C. Weir
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Working Lives ◽  
Mind And Body ◽  
Harmful Effects

This article offers a proposal for a spirituality of work that takes its inspiration and guidance from the Shema, ‘the greatest commandment’. Drawing attention to the Hebraic holism and its incorporation of the physical expression of loving God with all one’s ‘might’ or ‘strength’, it calls for a ‘somatic revival’ of human work. It highlights the harmful effects of the sedentary working conditions that have come to characterise the working lives of many in today’s Scotland, and urges the development of a spirituality of work that takes a fuller account of the Shema, ‘which moves its utterers to working in a way that ignites soul, mind and body […] to implement afresh the greatest commandment as integrated in active Christian living’.

About some aspects of sanitary and hygienic certification of carcinogenic enterprises

2020 ◽  
pp. 564-565
Author(s):  
I. I. Berezin ◽  
G. A. Nikiforova
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Full Information ◽  
Harmful Effects

The actual problems of sanitary-hygienic certification of carcinogenic organizations are presented. The need to extend certification to all carcinogenic production, which will provide full information on the carcinogenic hazards of working conditions in order to eliminate the harmful effects of carcinogens.

Workplace and Health: A Survey of Classical Orchestral Musicians in the United Kingdom and Germany

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-92
Author(s):  
Beatrice S Harper
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Classical Music ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Work Related ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Working Lives ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Orchestral Musicians

This article presents the results of a survey that was carried out among UK and German professional classical musicians between November 2000 and April 2001. The UK Musicians’ Union and the German musicians’ union, the Deutsche Orchester Vereinigung (DOV), assisted greatly with the duplication and distribution of the questionnaires. Selected results have been disseminated to the respondents via the UK Musicians’ Union journal, Musician. A full report will appear in Cultural Trends, to be published in 2002 by the Policy Studies Institute, London. The survey covered many aspects of musicians’ perceptions of occupational health and safety, the provision of appropriate information, their general working conditions, and their health. One of the main aims was to bring to the forefront a discussion of musicians’ working conditions and to raise awareness of the range of problems that exist. Key findings identify areas of concern to the respondents, in particular, regarding the environmental conditions of their workplaces. Additionally, findings indicate the use and effectiveness of the measures used by musicians to ameliorate a range of occupational hazards. This article also reports the respondents’ hearing problems, and which medical and alternative practitioners the sample consulted in cases of work-related ill health. The contrasting structure of the profession determined the choice of the United Kingdom and Germany for this study. The UK classical music workforce is predominantly freelance, whereas in Germany there are relatively few freelance musicians, and most orchestral musicians have the status of local government employees. One of the aims of the survey was to elicit information that might indicate whether such different conditions of employment affect the working lives of musicians. This article is organized in two parts. The first part places this survey in context and discusses the particular range of health problems highlighted by the respondents. The second part presents the survey and its findings.

scholarly journals Employees’ Longer Working Lives in Europe: Drivers and Barriers in Companies

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 1658
Author(s):  
Andrea Principi ◽  
Jürgen Bauknecht ◽  
Mirko Di Rosa ◽  
Marco Socci
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Early Retirement ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Retirement Age ◽  
European Level ◽  
The Public ◽  
Working Lives ◽  
Market Factors ◽  
Legal Retirement Age

This paper identifies, within companies’ sectors of activity, predictors of Human Resource (HR) policies to extend working life (EWL) in light of increasing policy efforts at the European level to extend working life. Three types of EWL practices are investigated: the prevention of early retirement (i.e., encouraging employees to continue working until the legal retirement age); delay of retirement (i.e., encouraging employees to continue working beyond the legal retirement age); and, recruitment of employees who are already retired (i.e., unretirement). A sample of 4624 European organizations that was stratified by size and sector is analyzed in six countries. The main drivers for companies’ EWL practices are the implementation of measures for older workers to improve their performance, their working conditions, and to reduce costs. In industry, the qualities and skills of older workers could be more valued than in other sectors, while the adoption of EWL practices might be less affected by external economic and labor market factors in the public sector. Dutch and Italian employers may be less prone than others to extend working lives. These results underline the importance of raising employers’ awareness and increase their actions to extend employees’ working lives by adopting age management initiatives, especially in SMEs, and in the services and public sectors.

scholarly journals All precarious? Institutional change and turning points in labour market trajectories in Spain

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 408-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martí López Andreu
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Career Paths ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Employment Protection ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Working Lives ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Work And Employment

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of changes in employment regulation in Spain on individual labour market trajectories. It is well known that the Spanish labour market has been strongly hit by the 2007 recession. Furthermore, after 2010 and in the benchmark of “austerity”, several reforms were implemented to further flexibilise employment regulation. At the same time, public sector budgets suffered severe cutbacks, that impacted working conditions and prospects of public sector workers. These reforms were implemented by different governments and substantially changed previous existing patterns of employment. This paper explains how these reforms have reinforced previous existing trends towards greater flexibility and weaker employment protection and how they lead to a shift in the position of work in society. Design/methodology/approach The emerging patterns that these changes provoked are illustrated thorough data from narrative biographies of workers affected by a job loss or a downgrading of working conditions. The workers of the sample had relatively stable positions and careers and were affected by changes that substantially modified their paths. Findings The paper shows how reforms have expanded work and employment insecurities and have broken career paths. It demonstrates how the reforms have weakened the position of work and organised labour in society and how, when institutional supports are jeopardised, the capacity to plan and act is harassed by the traditional social inequalities. Originality/value The paper enhances the knowledge about the impact of institutional changes by analysing their effects in individual working lives by means of narrative biographies.

scholarly journals The main directions of prevention of noise pathology in the Armed Forces

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 26-32
Author(s):  
V V Dvoryanchikov ◽  
I M Akhmetzyanov ◽  
I V Mironov ◽  
E K Gavrilov ◽  
V N Zinkin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Production Factor ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Low Efficiency ◽  
Special Assessment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Harmful Effects

In accordance with the existing Federal sanitary standards, noise and infrasound are considered to be an harmful production factor and in terms of their prevalence they occupy a leading place in the national economy. To prevent the harmful effects of noise and infrasound on the health of members of the armed forces establishes the main lines. For prognostic assessment of harmful influence of production factors on production facilities and transport the special assessment of working conditions is carried out without fail. Hygienic research of workplaces has shown that noise and infra-sound levels correspond to harmful and dangerous classes, that is, risks of professional pathology of acoustic Genesis are created. The presence of acoustic sources in the Armed forces requires constant monitoring of them, the annual special assessment of working conditions development of preventive measures. The impact of noise and infra-sound leads to a decrease in military and professional performance and an increase in General and professional morbidity. The leading place in the structure of morbidity of noise etiology is a sensorineural hearing loss. This requires further improvement of the provision of specialized assistance to military personnel in the presence of noise hearing loss. In the current regulations of the military medical services noise and infrasound are not identified as a harmful factor, and therefore not fully developed the issues of professional selection, monitoring and medical examination of noise pathology. An important place in the system of prevention of harmful effects of noise is given to the means especially individual of protection against noise. Their absence and low efficiency pose a threat to the acoustic safety of military personnel. Provision of personnel with means of individual protection against noise and control of the correctness of their operation are the most relevant measures to reduce the noise pathology of the hearing organ. The existing system of measures to combat the harmful effects of noise in the Armed forces requires revision in accordance with the existing state legislative and legal framework.

scholarly journals Uncovering ED: A Qualitative Analysis of Personal Blogs Managed by Individuals with Eating Disorders

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Gies ◽  
Sara Martino
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Mind And Body ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
Harmful Effects

Previous studies have investigated the potential harmful effects of pro-eating disorder (ED) websites. Websites, such as personal blogs, may contain eating disorder content that may hold important information as well and must be considered. Fifteen blogs hosted by the site “Tumblr” were qualitatively analyzed. Each blog owner was anonymous and all were female. Ten main themes were extracted using grounded theory: interaction, negative self-worth, mind and body disturbances, pictures, eating disorders, suicide, diet, exercise, stats, and recovery. Additional themes also appeared in the study. Results indicate that although each individual blog is unique to its owner, common concepts existed among the majority. The implications for the information in the ED blogs and directions for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals Main aspects of vibroacoustic factors assessment

2021 ◽  
pp. 13-22
Author(s):  
Nail Kh. Abdrakhmanov ◽  
Artem V. Fedosov ◽  
Alina N. Khamitova ◽  
Ilzida I. Badrtdinova ◽  
Gleb L. Matuzov
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
General Information ◽  
Basic Information ◽  
Problem Statement ◽  
Noise And Vibration ◽  
Production Factors ◽  
Harmful Effects

Introduction. In the age of automation and mechanization of labor, noise and vibration have become the leading dangerous and harmful production factors (DHPF) in various industries and agriculture. In order to reduce the harmful effects of vibroacoustic factors on the human body, first of all, it is necessary to evaluate this factor. The article provides general information on the assessment of working conditions under the influence of vibroacoustic factors. Problem Statement. The aim of this work is to study the main aspects in the assessment of vibroacoustic factors. Theoretical Part. As basic information, the paper provides the definitions of noise and vibration, their main characteristics, classification, hygienic regulation, the negative impact of these factors on human health, methods of assessment and measures of protection against them. Conclusion. The study of the main aspects of the assessment of vibroacoustic factors allows us to analyze the DHPF and further develop measures to reduce the negative impact of these factors on the human body.

scholarly journals The ageing workforce in Ireland: Working conditions, health and extending working lives

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Privalko ◽  
◽  
Helen Russell ◽  
Bertrand Maître ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Ageing Workforce ◽  
Working Lives

scholarly journals Can favourable psychosocial working conditions in midlife moderate the risk of work exit for chronically ill workers? A 20-year follow-up of the Whitehall II study

2017 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Fleischmann ◽  
Ewan Carr ◽  
Stephen A Stansfeld ◽  
Baowen Xue ◽  
Jenny Head
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Cox Models ◽  
Psychosocial Working Conditions ◽  
Working Lives ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Work Social Support ◽  
New Diagnosis

ObjectivesTo investigate if favourable psychosocial working conditions can reduce the risk of work exit and specifically for workers with chronic disease.MethodsMen and women (32%) aged 35–55, working and having no chronic disease at baseline of the Whitehall II study of London-based civil servants were selected (n=9040). We observed participants’ exit from work through retirement, health-related exit and unemployment, new diagnosis of chronic disease (ie, coronary heart disease, diabetes, stroke and cancer) and their psychosocial working conditions in midlife. Using cause-specific Cox models, we examined the association of chronic disease and favourable psychosocial working conditions and their interaction, with the three types of work exit. We adjusted for gender, occupational grade, educational level, remaining in civil service, spouse’s employment status and mental health.ResultsChronic disease significantly increased the risk of any type of work exit (HR 1.27) and specifically the risk of health-related exit (HR 2.42). High skill discretion in midlife reduced the risk of any type of work exit (HR 0.90), retirement (HR 0.91) and health-related exit (HR 0.68). High work social support in midlife decreased the risk of health-related exit (HR 0.79) and unemployment (HR 0.71). Favourable psychosocial working conditions in midlife did not attenuate the association between chronic disease and work exit significantly.ConclusionsThe chronically ill have increased risks of work exit, especially through health-related exit routes. Chronic disease is an obstacle to extended working lives. Favourable working conditions directly relate to reduced risks of work exit.

scholarly journals Safe Enough? The Working Lives of New Zealand Children

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danae Anderson
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
International Labour Organisation ◽  
Industry Type ◽  
Working Lives ◽  
Workplace Experiences ◽  
Minimum Age ◽  
Areas Of Concern ◽  
Children’S Work

The experience of New Zealand children in their working lives is a traditionally under­ researched area and existing research has been promulgated from the NGO sector (ACYA 2003, CARITAS 2007 & 2003), with children under the age of 18 recounting their working experiences. Of concern are worrying trends relating to the lack of legislative protection of children, particularly in the areas of minimum age for work and health and safety. Further, key findings are presented from survey and interview data of young adults reflecting on their working lives as children. Working conditions varied widely according to industry type, in which the best working conditions appeared to be those provided by relatives or family friends. While young people were generally positive about their workplace experiences, some dangerous and illegal trends were signposted. These findings challenge the assumptions of the governments and regulatory authorities that children are ‘adequately’ protected by current legislation and practice. While there continues to be debate regarding New Zealand’s ratification of some United Nations (UN) and International Labour Organisation (ILO) protocols relating to protecting children in their working lives, little discourse is evident relating to domestic legislative and monitoring capacity in this concerning area of the labour market. Therefore, the central aim of this paper is to inform discussion on children’s work and help identify areas of concern in the working conditions of New Zealand children.

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