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Improving the Quality of Work for Women in the Homecare, Residential and Cleaning Sectors: Overview

NACEW is committed to examining and providing advice on precarious employment issues affecting women. NACEW has identified government contracting as one area where there may be potential for the government as funder to influence improvements in the quality of work for women currently in precarious working situations or low paid work in the homecare, residential and cleaning sectors. Given NACEW’s longstanding interest in pay and employment equity, it sought to consider what might support these outcomes. The project examined how the government’s contracting/funding processes could be used to improve precarious employment with a view to providing recommendations to the Minister of Labour. Two research reports on the New Zealand context and international interventions were the result of this project along with a summary report and recommendations to the Minister of Labour.

NL- Standing, kneeling and squatting at work – health-based limit values

In the present report, at the request of the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, the Health Council of the Netherlands has investigated whether at the present time there are any new scientific insights concerning health-based or safety-based limit values for work performed while standing, kneeling or squatting.

Work's Worse for Women

This article presents information on high risks women face from job-related stress, musculoskeletal injuries, violence and other hazards. They note these risks will increase when women move in to jobs traditionally done my men, like construction, and presents some ways to deal with these.

How to create economic incentives in occupational safety and health: A practical guide

This Guide on Economic Incentives Schemes is intended to serve as a practical and user-friendly guide to help incentive providers to create or optimise their own economic incentive schemes. Incentives schemes should not only reward past results of good OSH management (such as low accident numbers), but should also reward specific prevention efforts that aim to reduce future accidents and ill-health. Therefore the expert group suggested the development of compilations of innovative and evidence-based preventive solutions, starting with the three sectors construction, health care and HORECA.

Innovative solutions to safety and health risks in the construction, healthcare and HORECA sectors

One conclusion from the EU-OSHA economic incentives project is that incentives schemes should not only reward past results of good OSH management (such as accident numbers in experience rating), but should also reward specific prevention efforts that aim to reduce future accidents and ill-health. Experts from the economic incentives project therefore suggested the development of compilations of innovative and evidence-based preventive solutions, starting with the three sectors construction, health care and HORECA (hotels, restaurants, catering). The preventive measures from these compilations are worth promoting in their own right, as well as being applied in economic incentives schemes. These preventive solutions can be used as a basis for incentive-providing organisations to develop their own incentive scheme, adapted to the specific situation in their sector and country.

UK - HSE, Frequently asked questions – catering and hospitality

 The UK Health and Safety Executive has published online a range of ‘frequently asked questions’ on health and safety issues relating to catering operations. 

Summary - New risks and trends in the safety and health of women at work

In 2009 and 2010, the Agency commissioned an update to its previous research on gender issues at work , which found that inequality both inside and outside the workplace can have an effect on the health and safety of women at work. This summary provides a policy perspective and is meant to contribute to the task outlined by the European strategy on health and safety at work for EU-OSHA’s European Risk Observatory, “examining the specific challenges in terms of health and safety posed by the more extensive integration of women in the labour market”. It provides a statistical overview of the trends in employment and working conditions, hazard exposure and work-related accidents and health problems for women at work. It explores selected issues (combined exposures, occupational cancer, access to rehabilitation, women and informal work, and “emerging” female professions such as home care and domestic work). The research highlights the type of work carried out by women, issues faced by younger and older women, the growth of the service sector, violence and harassment, and increasingly diversified working time patterns as major risk factors.

Workplace Violence and Harassment: a European Picture

The report presents the prevalence of violence and harassment at work based on international and national statistics, as well as the results of scientific studies on antecedents and consequences of work-related violence. A survey of the Agency's Focal Point network suggest that there is still an insufficient level of awareness and recognition of problems with third-party violence and harassment in many EU Member States, and there is a clear need to promote and disseminate good practice and prevention measures which are sensitive to the national context. Some measures proposed by EU, ILO, WHO and national experts are included in the report.

Redesign of an ice-cream packing workstation

This sub-chapter is a part of the Agency's "Work-related musculoskeletal disorders: prevention report" and includes the case study that demonstrates successful actions and interventions used to manage and prevent the MSDs risks in an ice-cream factory

Accident causation and preventive measures at a fast food chain

The fast food industry is known for employing a significant proportion of teenage workers and having a high rate of accidents among adolescent workers. Three restaurants from a fast food chain in Florence’s historical centre were examined.

ETUI seeks a researcher in ergonomics and working conditions

Opening for a researcher in ergonomics and working conditions

APV Guiden

APV (ArbejdsPladsVurdering) er en vurdering af arbejdspladsen med fokus på de farer eller gener, som medarbejderne udsættes for. Selve vurderingen skal forstås som et styringsværktøj, der hjælper jer med at opdage problemerne og konkretisere, hvordan de bliver løst både effektivt og praktisk. APV-guiden er en guide med råd og vejledning til jer, der gerne vil i gang med APV i virksomheden, eller som måske savner inspiration til at skubbe en igangværende proces videre.

APV-guiden is a portal that provides help and information for workplace risk assessment. Examples and links for various branches can be found on line.

Passzív dohányzás és a vendéglátó-ipari egységek (Passive smoking and catering facilities)

Ez a 2007-ben kiadott gyűjtemény hazai és nemzetközi adatokkal indokolja a passzív dohányzás megelőzésére vonatkozó jogszabályok szükségességét, összefoglalva a passzív dohányzás egészségkárosító hatásait és társadalmi költségeit. Bemutatják azt is, hogy a dohányipar évek óta anyagilag, programokkal és szakmai anyagokkal támogatja a vendéglátóipar egyes érdekképviseleti szervezeteit a világ minden részében. Együttműködésük keretében olyan – legtöbbször becsléseken alapuló adatokat – juttat a vendéglátó-ipari szakmának, melyekkel az, mintegy „frontcsoport”-ként, a dohányipar érdekeinek védelmében lobbizik a dohányzást hatékonyan visszaszorító intézkedések ellen. Miközben

1. a legtöbb országban az éttermek és bárok nemhogy bevételkiesést, de inkább bevételtöbbletet könyvelhettek el a dohányzási tilalom bevezetése nyomán, de legalábbis bevételeik nem változtak számottevően;
2. az éttermekben, bárokban és más szórakozóhelyeken dolgozók súlyos egészségkárosodást szenvedhetnek azért, mert teljes munkaidejüket rákkeltő dohányfüstben töltik;

3. a magyar lakosság 89%-a támogatja a dohányzási tilalmat zárt éttermekben, amiben nyilvánvalóan a dohányos vendégek nagy része is benne foglaltatik.

This extensive compilation of 2007 is lobbying for smoke-free catering facilities in Hungary highlighting its benefits and revealing how tobacco companies try to manipulate catering industry.

Reduction of workload in the HORECA sector

The outcome of the agreement between the social partners, and related activities, was to reduce stress in the HORECA sector in the Netherlands from 2000 (possibly extended to the follow-up agreement for the catering sector in 2005).

Ergonomic approach in the hotel and restaurant industry

The Aquitaine regional health insurance fund (CRAM) proposed in 2004 to support the project for collective action initiated by the local OHS service, in partnership with the departmental hotel industry trade associations, and to assist enterprises in the hotel and restaurant industry in ...

Kroger mot Knark – Clubs Against Drugs

Thirty-three clubs are jointly working to provide a drug-free, safer work place for employees. The restaurants have developed a policy that outlines how to handle drug-users (both guests and co-workers).

Safety in two clubs

The administrators of a nightclub and a lounge bar made changes to their work places to reduce the hazards and risks associated with the noise, vibration, use of equipment and temperature changes related to night time work environments of a social nature.

MSDs in a university kitchen

Workers in kitchens perform many tasks, which pose a risk of musculoskeletal discomfort. But it was found that aches and pains experienced by employees were not reported, due to employees not being aware that their discomfort may have been related to work. Employees often thought that their ...

Fast food restaurant owners ponder options

A Local Authority Environmental Health Officer (EHO) visited a fast food restaurant (one of a chain) to investigate a slip accident which broke the arm of a female employee.

Reduction of workload and sick leave rates in contract catering

Reduction of workload and absence rates in contract catering is the aim of a continuing state-supported OSH agreement (‘arboconvenant’) between the social partners and the government from 2004 to 2007. The government and employers contribute 50% each to the budget. The target is to reduce the ...

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Improving the Quality of Work for Women in the Homecare, Residential and Cleaning Sectors: Overview

NACEW is committed to examining and providing advice on precarious employment issues affecting women. NACEW has identified government contracting as one area where there may be potential for the government as funder to influence improvements in the quality of work for women currently in precarious working situations or low paid work in the homecare, residential and cleaning sectors. Given NACEW’s longstanding interest in pay and employment equity, it sought to consider what might support these outcomes. The project examined how the government’s contracting/funding processes could be used to improve precarious employment with a view to providing recommendations to the Minister of Labour. Two research reports on the New Zealand context and international interventions were the result of this project along with a summary report and recommendations to the Minister of Labour.

NL- Standing, kneeling and squatting at work – health-based limit values

In the present report, at the request of the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, the Health Council of the Netherlands has investigated whether at the present time there are any new scientific insights concerning health-based or safety-based limit values for work performed while standing, kneeling or squatting.

Work's Worse for Women

This article presents information on high risks women face from job-related stress, musculoskeletal injuries, violence and other hazards. They note these risks will increase when women move in to jobs traditionally done my men, like construction, and presents some ways to deal with these.

How to create economic incentives in occupational safety and health: A practical guide

This Guide on Economic Incentives Schemes is intended to serve as a practical and user-friendly guide to help incentive providers to create or optimise their own economic incentive schemes. Incentives schemes should not only reward past results of good OSH management (such as low accident numbers), but should also reward specific prevention efforts that aim to reduce future accidents and ill-health. Therefore the expert group suggested the development of compilations of innovative and evidence-based preventive solutions, starting with the three sectors construction, health care and HORECA.

Innovative solutions to safety and health risks in the construction, healthcare and HORECA sectors

One conclusion from the EU-OSHA economic incentives project is that incentives schemes should not only reward past results of good OSH management (such as accident numbers in experience rating), but should also reward specific prevention efforts that aim to reduce future accidents and ill-health. Experts from the economic incentives project therefore suggested the development of compilations of innovative and evidence-based preventive solutions, starting with the three sectors construction, health care and HORECA (hotels, restaurants, catering). The preventive measures from these compilations are worth promoting in their own right, as well as being applied in economic incentives schemes. These preventive solutions can be used as a basis for incentive-providing organisations to develop their own incentive scheme, adapted to the specific situation in their sector and country.

UK - HSE, Frequently asked questions – catering and hospitality

 The UK Health and Safety Executive has published online a range of ‘frequently asked questions’ on health and safety issues relating to catering operations. 

Summary - New risks and trends in the safety and health of women at work

In 2009 and 2010, the Agency commissioned an update to its previous research on gender issues at work , which found that inequality both inside and outside the workplace can have an effect on the health and safety of women at work. This summary provides a policy perspective and is meant to contribute to the task outlined by the European strategy on health and safety at work for EU-OSHA’s European Risk Observatory, “examining the specific challenges in terms of health and safety posed by the more extensive integration of women in the labour market”. It provides a statistical overview of the trends in employment and working conditions, hazard exposure and work-related accidents and health problems for women at work. It explores selected issues (combined exposures, occupational cancer, access to rehabilitation, women and informal work, and “emerging” female professions such as home care and domestic work). The research highlights the type of work carried out by women, issues faced by younger and older women, the growth of the service sector, violence and harassment, and increasingly diversified working time patterns as major risk factors.

Workplace Violence and Harassment: a European Picture

The report presents the prevalence of violence and harassment at work based on international and national statistics, as well as the results of scientific studies on antecedents and consequences of work-related violence. A survey of the Agency's Focal Point network suggest that there is still an insufficient level of awareness and recognition of problems with third-party violence and harassment in many EU Member States, and there is a clear need to promote and disseminate good practice and prevention measures which are sensitive to the national context. Some measures proposed by EU, ILO, WHO and national experts are included in the report.

Redesign of an ice-cream packing workstation

This sub-chapter is a part of the Agency's "Work-related musculoskeletal disorders: prevention report" and includes the case study that demonstrates successful actions and interventions used to manage and prevent the MSDs risks in an ice-cream factory

Accident causation and preventive measures at a fast food chain

The fast food industry is known for employing a significant proportion of teenage workers and having a high rate of accidents among adolescent workers. Three restaurants from a fast food chain in Florence’s historical centre were examined.

ETUI seeks a researcher in ergonomics and working conditions

Opening for a researcher in ergonomics and working conditions

APV Guiden

APV (ArbejdsPladsVurdering) er en vurdering af arbejdspladsen med fokus på de farer eller gener, som medarbejderne udsættes for. Selve vurderingen skal forstås som et styringsværktøj, der hjælper jer med at opdage problemerne og konkretisere, hvordan de bliver løst både effektivt og praktisk. APV-guiden er en guide med råd og vejledning til jer, der gerne vil i gang med APV i virksomheden, eller som måske savner inspiration til at skubbe en igangværende proces videre.

APV-guiden is a portal that provides help and information for workplace risk assessment. Examples and links for various branches can be found on line.

Passzív dohányzás és a vendéglátó-ipari egységek (Passive smoking and catering facilities)

Ez a 2007-ben kiadott gyűjtemény hazai és nemzetközi adatokkal indokolja a passzív dohányzás megelőzésére vonatkozó jogszabályok szükségességét, összefoglalva a passzív dohányzás egészségkárosító hatásait és társadalmi költségeit. Bemutatják azt is, hogy a dohányipar évek óta anyagilag, programokkal és szakmai anyagokkal támogatja a vendéglátóipar egyes érdekképviseleti szervezeteit a világ minden részében. Együttműködésük keretében olyan – legtöbbször becsléseken alapuló adatokat – juttat a vendéglátó-ipari szakmának, melyekkel az, mintegy „frontcsoport”-ként, a dohányipar érdekeinek védelmében lobbizik a dohányzást hatékonyan visszaszorító intézkedések ellen. Miközben

1. a legtöbb országban az éttermek és bárok nemhogy bevételkiesést, de inkább bevételtöbbletet könyvelhettek el a dohányzási tilalom bevezetése nyomán, de legalábbis bevételeik nem változtak számottevően;
2. az éttermekben, bárokban és más szórakozóhelyeken dolgozók súlyos egészségkárosodást szenvedhetnek azért, mert teljes munkaidejüket rákkeltő dohányfüstben töltik;

3. a magyar lakosság 89%-a támogatja a dohányzási tilalmat zárt éttermekben, amiben nyilvánvalóan a dohányos vendégek nagy része is benne foglaltatik.

This extensive compilation of 2007 is lobbying for smoke-free catering facilities in Hungary highlighting its benefits and revealing how tobacco companies try to manipulate catering industry.

Reduction of workload in the HORECA sector

The outcome of the agreement between the social partners, and related activities, was to reduce stress in the HORECA sector in the Netherlands from 2000 (possibly extended to the follow-up agreement for the catering sector in 2005).

Ergonomic approach in the hotel and restaurant industry

The Aquitaine regional health insurance fund (CRAM) proposed in 2004 to support the project for collective action initiated by the local OHS service, in partnership with the departmental hotel industry trade associations, and to assist enterprises in the hotel and restaurant industry in ...

Kroger mot Knark – Clubs Against Drugs

Thirty-three clubs are jointly working to provide a drug-free, safer work place for employees. The restaurants have developed a policy that outlines how to handle drug-users (both guests and co-workers).

Safety in two clubs

The administrators of a nightclub and a lounge bar made changes to their work places to reduce the hazards and risks associated with the noise, vibration, use of equipment and temperature changes related to night time work environments of a social nature.

MSDs in a university kitchen

Workers in kitchens perform many tasks, which pose a risk of musculoskeletal discomfort. But it was found that aches and pains experienced by employees were not reported, due to employees not being aware that their discomfort may have been related to work. Employees often thought that their ...

Fast food restaurant owners ponder options

A Local Authority Environmental Health Officer (EHO) visited a fast food restaurant (one of a chain) to investigate a slip accident which broke the arm of a female employee.

Reduction of workload and sick leave rates in contract catering

Reduction of workload and absence rates in contract catering is the aim of a continuing state-supported OSH agreement (‘arboconvenant’) between the social partners and the government from 2004 to 2007. The government and employers contribute 50% each to the budget. The target is to reduce the ...