March 31, 2008
Health in the workplace
The workplace has, in recent years for some become one of the unhealthiest environments in which to operate. Employees find themselves in pressure situations where they may be unclear of their job definition other than to appear busy and create a positive impression.Motivation levels are very low and workers do what is necessary by agreeing, smiling and nodding heads in order to climb the corporate ladder. Employees in the United Kingdom work on average the longest hours per week in their main job (compared with the rest of the EU) and this holds for both men and women. Men's hours range from 39 per week in Belgium and the Netherlands to 42 in Greece and 45 in the United Kingdom. Women's hours all fall in the range 36 hours (Italy) to 41 hours (United Kingdom).This issue needs to be addressed in order to improve the state of "corporate health". According to statistics, over 2 million people are suffering from an illness or injury which they believe is caused or made worse by their current or past work (Health and Occupation Reporting Network).An overwhelming 97% of senior HR professionals believe that stress at work is the biggest threat to the future […]
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